Citation

A citation to a source as represented in the Family Graph API.

Information in a family tree can be cited to the source of the information. A family tree contains a list of sources. Each source can be used in citations that reference individuals, families, events and family events.

Fields

The Citation object contains the following fields:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
id	The citation's id	id	read
page	The citation's page or url in the source	string	read
confidence	The citation's confidence 0 - unspecified 1 - unreliable evidence or estimated data 2 - questionable reliability of evidence 3 - secondary evidence 4 - direct and primary evidence	int	read
date	The citation's date	EventDate object: gedcom, text, date, structured_date and class_name fields	read
text	The citation's text	string	read
link	Link to the individual or family this citation is referring to on MyHeritage.com	string	read
smart_matching_individual	The smart matching individual (used when the citation was created as a result of confirming a Smart Match)	Individual object: id and name fields	read
data_language	Language code for the data of the citation (ISO-639-1 code)	string	read
source	The source of the citation	Source object: id and name fields	read
item	The item that this citation refers to (individual, family, event or family event)	TreeItem object: id field	read
tree	The family tree that the citation belongs to	Tree object: id and name fields	read
site	The family site of the citation's tree	Site object: id and name fields	read
class_name	The object class name	string	read

Example

https://familygraph.myheritage.com/citation-144530322-1000002 (open in browser)

{
	"id": "citation-144530322-1000002",
	"page": "1",
	"confidence": 4,
	"text": "THE ASSASSINATION of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind. A young and vigorous leader whose years of public and private life stretched before him was the victim of the fourth Presidential assassination in the history of a country dedicated to the concepts of reasoned argument and peaceful political change. This Commission was created on November 29, 1963, in recognition of the right of people everywhere to full and truthful knowledge concerning these events. This report endeavors to fulfill that right and to appraise this tragedy by the light of reason and the standard of fairness. It has been prepared with a deep awareness of the Commission's responsibility to present to the American people an objective report of the facts relating to the assassination.",
	"link": "https:\/\/www.myheritage.com\/person-1000001_144530322_144530322\/john-fitzgerald-kennedy?show=events",
	"data_language": "EN",
	"source": {
		"id": "source-144530322-1000002",
		"name": "Warren commission report"
	},
	"item": {
		"id": "event-144530322-1000006"
	},
	"tree": {
		"id": "tree-144530322-1",
		"name": "jfk"
	},
	"site": {
		"id": "site-144530322",
		"name": "Demo Family Site"
	},
	"class_name": "Citation"
}