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Add a source citation '''''every time''''' you add an event to a family group record. Add a source citation for '''''every event''''' mentioned on each source. The best time to enter source footnotes is at the same time as you enter the event information. [[Document AS YOU GO!|Document AS YOU GO!]] | Add a source citation '''''every time''''' you add an event to a family group record. Add a source citation for '''''every event''''' mentioned on each source. The best time to enter source footnotes is at the same time as you enter the event information. [[Document AS YOU GO!|Document AS YOU GO!]] | ||
Link each source citation to the event(s) it documents. For example, a marriage license may also divulge birth information and should be cited for both the marriage and the birth. Cite the census source for each member of the family listed. (This is easily accomplished by using genealogy software such as RootsMagic. See ''' | Link each source citation to the event(s) it documents. For example, a marriage license may also divulge birth information and should be cited for both the marriage and the birth. Cite the census source for each member of the family listed. (This is easily accomplished by using genealogy software such as RootsMagic. See "'''Working with Sources" with RootsMagic '''[http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic_8:Working_With_Sources on this page]. PAF is no longer available.) | ||
=== What to Cite === | === What to Cite === | ||
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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. Please encourage your fellow researchers to cite sources, and avoid being overly fussy about the minutia of their citations. If you see a citation that needs improvement, encourage the author to consider one or more of these guides: | 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. Please encourage your fellow researchers to cite sources, and avoid being overly fussy about the minutia of their citations. If you see a citation that needs improvement, encourage the author to consider one or more of these guides: | ||
*University of ChicagoPress. | *University of ChicagoPress. {{FSC|1154321|item|disp=''The Chicago Manual of Style''}}, 14<sup>th</sup> ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. | ||
*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. | *Mills, Elizabeth Shown.{{FSC|2543716|item|disp=''Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace''}}. 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2015. | ||
*Mills, Elizabeth Shown. | *Mills, Elizabeth Shown.''{{FSC|1384511|item|disp=QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources: Evidence, Style.}}''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154712517?referer=di&ht=edition ''2nd rev. ed'']. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007. | ||
*Silicon Valley PAF Users Group: | *Silicon Valley PAF Users Group: {{FSC|971576|item|disp=Family History Documentation Guidelines}}'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. San Jose, Calif.: SVPUG, 2000-2003.'' | ||
*AncestryProGenealogists. “[https://web.archive.org/web/20140705161451/https://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm Internet Citation Guide for Genealogists],” in ''AncestryProGenealogists'' Internet site.<br> | *AncestryProGenealogists. “[https://web.archive.org/web/20140705161451/https://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm Internet Citation Guide for Genealogists],” in ''AncestryProGenealogists'' Internet site.<br> | ||
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''Ideal format:'' 1. 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). Comment. | ''Ideal format:'' 1. 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). Comment. | ||
<blockquote>1. Clement Luther Martzolff, ''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/378867-history-of-perry-county-ohio?offset=1 | <blockquote>1. Clement Luther Martzolff, ''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/378867-history-of-perry-county-ohio?offset=1 History of Perry County, Ohio]'' (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). Laudatory biographical sketch. </blockquote> | ||
'''PAF <u>Edit Source</u>—''' '''''Source Title:''''' ''History of Perry County Ohio'' '''''Author:''''' Clement Luther Martzolff '''''Publication Information:''''' (New Lexington, Ohio: Ward & Weiland, 1902) '''''Repository:''''' [empty] '''''Call Number:''''' [FS Library book 977.159 H2m; FS Library film 897280 Item 2] '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty] '''''Comments:''''' [empty] <u>'''Sources'''</u>'''—''' '''''Film/Volume/Page Number:''''' 144-46 '''''Date record was made:''''' [empty] '''''Comments:''''' Digitized by BYU Family History Archives(accessed 20 January 2009). Laudatory biographical sketch. '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty]. | '''PAF <u>Edit Source</u>—''' '''''Source Title:''''' ''History of Perry County Ohio'' '''''Author:''''' Clement Luther Martzolff '''''Publication Information:''''' (New Lexington, Ohio: Ward & Weiland, 1902) '''''Repository:''''' [empty] '''''Call Number:''''' [FS Library book 977.159 H2m; FS Library film 897280 Item 2] '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty] '''''Comments:''''' [empty] <u>'''Sources'''</u>'''—''' '''''Film/Volume/Page Number:''''' 144-46 '''''Date record was made:''''' [empty] '''''Comments:''''' Digitized by BYU Family History Archives(accessed 20 January 2009). Laudatory biographical sketch. '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty]. | ||
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''Ideal format:'' 2. Author(s), ''Title'' (Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication), volume: page number(s) or other data needed to find the entry. [CD call number]. Comment. | ''Ideal format:'' 2. Author(s), ''Title'' (Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication), volume: page number(s) or other data needed to find the entry. [CD call number]. Comment. | ||
<blockquote>2. California, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section, ''California Death Indexes on CD'' (Sacramento, Calif.: CDHS, [2002]), 1969: Gee, Eva. [ | <blockquote>2. California, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section, ''California Death Indexes on CD'' (Sacramento, Calif.: CDHS, [2002]), 1969: Gee, Eva. [FS Library CD-ROM no. 406 pt. 1]. Evie in some sources. </blockquote> | ||
'''PAF <u>Edit Source</u>—''' '''''Source Title:''''' ''California Death Indexes on CD'' '''''Author:''''' California, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section '''''Publication Information:''''' (Sacramento, Calif.: CDHS, [2002]) '''''Repository:'''''[empty] '''''Call Number:''''' [ | '''PAF <u>Edit Source</u>—''' '''''Source Title:''''' ''California Death Indexes on CD'' '''''Author:''''' California, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section '''''Publication Information:''''' (Sacramento, Calif.: CDHS, [2002]) '''''Repository:'''''[empty] '''''Call Number:''''' [FS Library CD-ROM no. 406 pt. 1] '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty] '''''Comments:''''' [empty] '''<u>Sources</u>—''' '''''Film/Volume/Page Number:''''' 1969: Gee, Eva '''''Date record was made:'''''[empty] '''''Comments:''''' Evie in some sources. '''''Actual Text:''''' [empty]. | ||
==== Internet sites ==== | ==== Internet sites ==== | ||
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:'''Ancestry.com''' | :'''Ancestry.com''' | ||
<blockquote>12. Ancestry.com,[http://search. | <blockquote>12. Ancestry.com,[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Frank+Cullum&gsln=Dilts&sx=&f1=&f2=&f3=&f20=&f16=&f15=&rg_f14__date=&rs_f14__date=0&f18=&gskw=&prox=1&db=ww1draft&ti=5561&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=WAR_WWI&fh=0&h=31736107&recoff=1+2+3 "World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for Frank Cullum Dilts"] in Ancestry.com at (accessed 23 January 2009). Original source: United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, National Archives Microfilm Publications M1509, (Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1987-1988). !NAME-RESIDENCE: Frank Cullum Dilts, Hesston, Harvey, Kansas.</blockquote> | ||
==== Interviews (unpublished) ==== | ==== Interviews (unpublished) ==== | ||
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