Irish Sites Citation Creator

Use the form below to create a WikiTree source citation for records found on
Roots Ireland (https://www.rootsireland.ie//)
IrishGenealogy (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie)
Catholic Church Registers of the National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/)
Census of Ireland, The National Archives of Ireland (census.nationalarchives.ie)
(Scroll to bottom of page for help links.)
Last update: 21 April 2023

 

  1. Fill out the coloured sections of the form below.
  2. Click the Compile Citation button to assemble the pieces together into one REF citation /REF chunk of text.
  3. Click the Copy Citation button to copy the reference to your clipboard. (May need to scroll down)
  4. Paste the citation into the WikiTree profile you are currently editing.
 
The Irish Sites Record
Record URL: Copy and paste the entire URL for the ITEM information page [not the PDF or JPG] into the text box below.
Item page text: Copy and paste ALL THE TEXT on the ITEM information page into the textbox below.
(On a Windows machine use:
CTRL + A to highlight ALL text, then CTRL + C to copy it, then CTRL + V to paste it.
On a Mac computer, use CMD + A / CMD + C / CMD + V to do the same things.)

Register Image: OPTIONAL: Copy & paste URL for free access Register Image (from NLI) or PDF (from IrishGenealogy.ie)
Info from the Irish genealogy website
This information should load automatically, but if it does not, you can fill it in by hand.
NOTE: Not every record collected / categorized / indexed the same information each year.
Final Note/
Transcription:
(Optional)

Note: In some browsers, you can resize this textbox by dragging on bottom right corner downwards.

Surround Final Note with <blockquote> tag (to start on new indented line at end of citation)
Check this box to replace new line characters (when you hit ENTER) in Final Note with <br/> code
This will force WikiTree to respect the new line formatting of your transcription.
(Useful for lists, e.g. census data)
  Add Bio writeup before Citation
Add Line Breaks in between sections of Citation

Simple Ref Named Ref No Ref tags
Census: No List List Names,Ages List Names,Ages,Gender,Relationship List All Details
Citation
 

 

See example of a WikiTree profile using citations built with the Irish Sites Citation Builder.

See a demo of how to use this app on YouTube.


 
 
 
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