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*A semicolon separates the citation to the derivative source from the citation to the source of the source. Usually, you will quote the source specified on the website. If you know the steps to find the original, use them as the source of the source. This hypothetical example (you can’t really browse original Texas death certificates) indicates that the certificate is filed by number, 00340, in the certificates for Bexar County, kept by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, stored at the Department of Health in Austin, Texas. | *A semicolon separates the citation to the derivative source from the citation to the source of the source. Usually, you will quote the source specified on the website. If you know the steps to find the original, use them as the source of the source. This hypothetical example (you can’t really browse original Texas death certificates) indicates that the certificate is filed by number, 00340, in the certificates for Bexar County, kept by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, stored at the Department of Health in Austin, Texas. | ||
Keep the changing nature of the web in mind as you create citations to online sources. Because web addresses change, it is better to cite the home page plus finding instructions. | Keep the changing nature of the web in mind as you create citations to online sources. Because web addresses change, it is better to cite the home page plus finding instructions. Changes to FamilySearch.org are a case in point. During the past several years Johnson’s death certificate has had four different addresses on FamilySearch.org: | ||
:http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage;c=1320964;r=36519114;role=principal | :http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage;c=1320964;r=36519114;role=principal | ||
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:https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MMLT-N1Q/p1 | :https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MMLT-N1Q/p1 | ||
The citation above is immune to these changes. It was applicable on the pilot site. It was applicable on the beta site. It is applicable on the current site. And it will | The citation above is immune to these changes. It was applicable on the pilot site. It was applicable on the beta site. It is applicable on the current site. And it will work if changes occur in the future. Why? Because you could find the death certificate on any of these websites starting from the home page and searching for “Lyndon Baines Johnson” with a death year of 1973. | ||
=== Database without Images === | === Database without Images === | ||