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The FamilySearch Research Wiki strongly | The FamilySearch Research Wiki strongly encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. There is no one way to create a source. You will find many sources in the reference section of wiki pages are using ''The Chicago Manual of Style,'' but all are acceptable. If you don't know what to include in a source, use the following guidelines to cite your sources: | ||
#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br> | #Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br> | ||
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#*Page Number | #*Page Number | ||
#Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article. | #Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article. | ||
===Examples of Citations=== | |||
There are several handbooks that can help you improve the style of your source footnotes. They are '''''guides''''' and don't have to be conformed to. They differ slightly in their suggestions. | |||
''Book Format Example''<br> | |||
<nowiki> Author(s), ''Title'' (Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication), volume: page number(s), [book call number; microfilm call number]. Digitized by Repository at URL (accessed date).</nowiki><br> | |||
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''Book Example''<br> | |||
Clement Luther Martzolff, ''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/378867-history-of-perry-county-ohio?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]'' (New Lexington, Ohio: Ward & Weiland, 1902), 144-46. [FS Library book 977.159 H2m; FS Library film 897280 Item 2]. Digitized by BYU Family History Archives (accessed 20 January 2009).<br> | |||
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''Website Format Example''<br> | |||
<nowiki>Author(s),''Page-Title'' in Site-Title at URL (accessed date). Comment.</nowiki> <br> | |||
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''Website Example''<br> | |||
National Genealogical Society, ''Standards for Sharing Information with Others'' in National Genealogical Society (Internet site), at www.ngsgenealogy.org/comstandsharing.htm (accessed 11 November 2003).<br> | |||
===More Help on Citing Sources in the Wiki === | ===More Help on Citing Sources in the Wiki === | ||
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