<Sources>

Gigatrees supports adding new sources (by adding a new unique record id) using the <Sources> option or for adding metadata to existing sources (by referencing an existing GEDCOM source record id). For instance, you can use this option can be used to add source category to existing source, add a source type to an existing source, add a reusable source citation template to an existing source, or to add source specific source citation fields to the source directly. It can also be used to set a source privacy field to values like Copyright or Sensitive so that when the <Privatize> option is enabled, it will be stripped from your family tree. When modifying existing sources, redefining a metadata element, such as the source title, will overwrite the existing value. Besides these very useful features, you can add a slew of new metadata fields that can be used by the source citation templates. The <Media> or <Gallery> options can be used to easily add images to new or existing source records.

Gigatrees provides a large list of source metadata fields below, however, the list provide does not include every possible metadata field described in Evidence Explained, so for specializations, it may be necessary to commandeer an element for another use. For instance if you are creating a Census template and need an element to indicate "enumeration district", you may want to use Collection since that element would not normally apply. Every element is a simple text string, so as long as your template matches your elements, the names of the elements do not really matter.

Source records can be referenced from any blog post or note field found in your genealogy database (including embedded notes) using Embedded References.

Example

<Sources>
  <MaxCitationQuoteLength>  200 </MaxCitationQuoteLength>
  <Source>
    <Id>         S1                                                       </Id>
    <Title>      1850 United States Census: Ohio, Hamilton, Anderson      </Title>
    <Category>   original, primary                                        </Category>
    <Format>     [database on-line]                                       </Format>
    <PubPlace>   Provo, UT, USA                                           </PubPlace>
    <Publisher>  Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.                            </Publisher>
    <PubDate>    2009                                                     </PubDate>
    <Details>    Images reproduced by FamilySearch                        </Details>
    <Repository> Ancestry.com                                             </Repository>
    <Original>   
      Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. 
    </Original>
  </Source>
  
  <Source>
    <Id>         S2                                                              </Id>
    <Title>      Military Release of John Lovel                                  </Title>
    <Category>   transcript                                                      </Category>
    <Publisher>  ?                                                               </Publisher>
    <WebsiteUrl> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycampbe/johnlovelsoldier.htm </WebsiteUrl>
    <Section>    Drawer 150                                                      </Section>
    <RecordDate> 1778 or 1779                                                    </RecordDate>
  </Source>
</Sources>

Options (all fields are optional)

Additional Options

Another method for adding source metadata is to use a source note ( NOTE ) record field. When a source note begins with a colon ( : ), Gigatrees will expect it to contain name:value pairs delimited by semicolons ( ; ). If the name matches one of the above listed Source options, it will be added as though it was configured as above. Unrecognized names can still be added, and will appear on the source page, but cannot be used in templates. Once the name:value pair has been added, it will be stripped from the source note record field. This method for adding source metadata may be useful for users who want to do so using their database editor, as source note record fields are generally easy to add or edit. It can be especially useful for Ancestry.com users who edit their source record directly as shown below.