A list of all contributors

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This discussion was created from comments split from: A list of all contributors (with contact info) for each individual in FamilyTree.

James F. Carroll

A formatted list of contributors to a given profile in Family Tree can be accomplished with a browser extension. I am interested in collaborating with those who want to have this ability. I am particularly interested in knowing exactly what information would you like to have in the list and how you would want it formatted. Here are some ideas:

Narrative report:

1. BillyBob, your 4th cousin, made 54 changes between July 2012 and Jan 2020
   1. Added spouse
   2. Changed name
   3. Changed birth date
2. SusieSue, your 2nd cousin twice removed, made 23 changes between Dec 2015 and Jan 2024
   1. Added father
   2. Removed father
   3. Added child
3. JimmyJim, your 7th cousin once removed, made 17 changes between Dec 2012 and Jan 2024
   1. Added birth place
   2. Added death date
   3. Added spouse

CSV output:

BillyBob,4th cousin,54 changes,12 July 2012,15 Jan 2020
SusieSue,2nd cousin twice removed,23 changes,25 Dec 2015,4 Jan 2024
JimmyJim,7th cousin once removed,17 changes,1 Dec 2012,10 Jan 2024

How about a link to send an email to all contributors? (Let's put all the email addresses in the BCC field to prevent email addresses from being shared)

<a href="mailto:undisclosedRecipients@example.com?bcc=billybob@example.com, susiesue@example.com, jimmyjim@example.com&subject=AncestorJoe%20on%20FamilySearch&body=Thank%20you%20for%20contributing%20to%20this%20profile%20on%20FamilySearch">Email all contributors</a>

Which of the following information would you want to include?

• Contributor username
• Contributor email address
• Contributor display name
• Relationship to contributor
• Contributor phone number
• Types of changes made
• Dates of changes

For profiles with many contributors and many edits, I imagine a line graph showing the number of changes made by each contributor:

Your thoughts?

James F. Carroll

The python script getmyancestors creates a GEDCOM file from your FamilySearch tree, including a list of all contributor names for each profile in Family Tree.

Today I added code to also include contributor email addresses and phone numbers:

https://github.com/jcarroll/getmyancestors

James F. Carroll

When viewing a recent change, it would be insightful to see other recent changes to near relatives made by the same contributor:

Table with columns:

• Profile (person in Tree)
• Date of change
• Type of change (e.g. added parent or changes name or attached source)
• Truncated "reason for change"

Visual representation of data:

• Grouped by FSID profile
• Limited to most recent 100 changes
• Limit reason statements to 50 characters

Interface:

• Expansible and Collapsible list outline list of profile names, with sublists of changes
• Hoover or tap to expand reason statement
• Hyperlink to profile

Scope: include changes made to:

• grandparents of the starting profile
• at least 2 generations of descendants of the grandparents, if not all descendants

Spoke with an expert level veteran user who would find such a report useful.