---
title: "Read Genealogies Source Description"
method: GET
path: "/genealogies/sources/{sdid}"
tags: ["Sources"]
---

# Read Genealogies Source Description

`GET /genealogies/sources/{sdid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform`
- URL: `https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform/genealogies/sources/{sdid}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Read a genealogies source description.

## Path parameters

- `sdid` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml' | 'application/xml', required

## Response `200`

The read was successful. See <a href="https://developers.familysearch.org/main/docs/json-schema#sourcedescription" target="_blank">SourceDescription Schema (JSON)</a>

## Other responses

- `404`: If the requested source description is not found.
- `429`: The request was throttled.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/genealogies-endpoints.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/genealogies-endpoints/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/familysearch/apis/genealogies-endpoints/revisions/0084dedb6ce0?raw)