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*'''Dates:''' Book titles that include a date/date range may be formatted with the dates in bold in front of the link to maintain uniformity with other collection links. In all other instances, dates are not included at the beginning of an online book link.<br>

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  <nowiki>*'''DATES''' ''BOOKTITLE,'' by AUTHOR. PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE.  '''''Online at:''''' [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]</nowiki><br><br>

*'''1600-1850''' ''Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850'' by Susan E. Roser. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3223/ Ancestry] ($)

*'''1635-1750''' ''A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records,'' vols. 1-4, by Charles William Manwaring. Hartford, [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck & Company, 1904-1906. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|209438|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Books, vols. 1-4}}<br>

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  <nowiki>*'''1600-1850''' ''Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850'' by Susan E. Roser. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3223/ Ancestry] ($)

*'''1635-1750''' ''A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records,'' vols. 1-4, by Charles William Manwaring. Hartford, [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck & Company, 1904-1906. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|209438|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Books, vols. 1-4}}</nowiki><br>

'''Books Online - One Volume'''<br>

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  <nowiki>*''BOOKTITLE,'' vol. #, by AUTHOR.  PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE. {{FSC|TITLENUMBER|item|disp=FS Catalog book BOOKCALLNUMBER}}; {{WorldCat|TITLENUMBER|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|BOOKID|disp=, vol. #}}, [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE, vol. #]</nowiki>

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*''Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens,'' vol. 5, by Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. {{WorldCat|865638854|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|176293|disp=, vol. 5}}, [https://archive.org/details/ency05unse/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive, vol. 5]

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  <nowiki>*''Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens,'' vol. 5, by Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|176293|disp=, vol. 5}}, [https://archive.org/details/ency05unse/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive, vol. 5]</nowiki><br>

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'''Books Online - More than One Volume'''<br>

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  <nowiki>*''BOOKTITLE,'' vols. 1-13, by AUTHOR.  PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE. {{FSC|TITLENUMBER|item|disp=FS Catalog book BOOKCALLNUMBER}}; {{WorldCat|TITLENUMBER|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|TITLENUMBER|item|disp=NAMEOFLINK, vols. #-#}}, [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE, vols. #-#]</nowiki>

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*''Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens,'' vols. 1-13, by Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. {{FSC|205500|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.6 D3e vols. 1-13}}; {{WorldCat|865638854|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|205500|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Library, vols. 1-8, 11, 13}}, [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Encyclopedia+of+Connecticut+biography%2C+genealogical-memorial+%3A+representative+citizens Internet Archive, vols. 1-13]

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  <nowiki>*''Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens,'' vols. 1-13, by Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. {{FSC|205500|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.6 D3e vols. 1-13}};  {{WorldCat|865638854|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|205500|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Library, vols. 1-8, 11, 13}}, [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Encyclopedia+of+Connecticut+biography%2C+genealogical-memorial+%3A+representative+citizens Internet Archive, vols. 1-13]</nowiki><br>

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<nowiki>*''BOOKTITLE,'' vols. #-#, by AUTHOR.  PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE. {{FSC|TITLENUMBER|item|disp=FS Catalog book BOOKCALLNUMBER}}; {{WorldCat|TITLENUMBER|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE, YEAR-YEAR, vol. 1]; [URL YEAR-YEAR, vol. 2]; [URL YEAR-YEAR, vol. 3]; [URL YEAR-YEAR, vol. 4]</nowiki>

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*'''1850-1866''' ''Greenwood Plantation Accounts,'' vols. 1-3, 6-14 by Green Wood. Greenwood Plantation, Montgomery County, Texas: Weld & Co., n.d. '''''Online at:''''' [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611884/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation The Portal to Texas History, 1850-1851, vol. 1]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611852/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1851-1852, vol. 2]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611906/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1852-1853, vol. 3]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611857/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1855-1856, vol. 6]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611889/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1856-1857, vol. 7]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611811/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1857-1858, vol. 8]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611821/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1858-1859, vol. 9]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611870/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1859-1860, vol. 10]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth612238/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1860-1861, vol. 11]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611853/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1861-1862, vol. 12]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth612239/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1862-1863, vol. 13]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636776/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1863-1866, vol. 14]

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  <nowiki>*'''1850-1866''' ''Greenwood Plantation Accounts,'' vols. 1-3, 6-14 by Green Wood. Greenwood Plantation, Montgomery County, Texas: Weld & Co., n.d. '''''Online at:''''' [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611884/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1850-1851, vol. 1]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611852/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1851-1852, vol. 2]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611906/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1852-1853, vol. 3]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611857/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1855-1856, vol. 6]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611889/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1856-1857, vol. 7]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611811/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1857-1858, vol. 8]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611821/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1858-1859, vol. 9]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611870/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1859-1860, vol. 10]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth612238/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1860-1861, vol. 11]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611853/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1861-1862, vol. 12]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth612239/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1862-1863, vol. 13]; [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636776/?q=Greenwood%20Plantation 1863-1866, vol. 14]

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*''Handbook of North American Indians,'' vols. 1-15, 17, by Sturtevant, William C. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978–.  

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  <nowiki>*''Handbook of North American Indians,'' vols. 1-15, 17, by Sturtevant, William C. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978–.  

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===Misc. Book Formatting ===

  <nowiki><ref>Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49, Reference Information Paper, 114'' (Washington, DC: National archives and Records Administration, 2007.) (Accessed 20 January 2024).</ref></nowiki><br>

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*Use the format found below:<br>

  <nowiki><ref>LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME. ''BOOKTITLE.'' PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE. (Accessed DATE ACCESSED).</ref></nowiki>

  <nowiki>LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME. ''BOOKTITLE.'' Vol. #.  PUBLISHINGPLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISHDATE. (Accessed DATE ACCESSED).</nowiki><br>

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''Example 1:''<br>

  <nowiki><ref>James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds. ''Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889.'' (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 1:167. (Accessed 12 January 2024). {{FSC|153083|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 D36ap 1887-89 v. 1}}; {{WorldCat|85802439|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61360/images/47194_54729-00009?ssrc=&backlabel=Return Ancestry] ($)</ref></nowiki><br>

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''Example 1:''<br>

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FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, "ARTICLE TITLE," in BOOKTITLE, ed. FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (PUBLICATION: PUBLISHER, DATE), #.

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FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, "ARTICLE TITLE," in BOOKTITLE, ed. FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (PUBLICATION: PUBLISHER, DATE), URL.

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Johni Cerny, "Research in Birth, Death, and Cemetery Records" in ''The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy.'' eds. Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc., 1997), 66-67.

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  <nowiki><ref>Johni Cerny, "Research in Birth, Death, and Cemetery Records," in ''The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy.'' Rev. Ed. Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, Eds. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc., 1997), 66-67.</ref></nowiki>

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====Article in Journal/Periodical Footnote and Bibliographic Citations====

*Add the applicable information regarding volume number, date of journal/periodical, and pages. You do not need to include all of them.

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''Format:''<br>

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FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, "ARTICLE TITLE," COLUMNNAME ''NEWSPAPER TITLE,'' DAY MONTH YEAR, PAGE#, COLUMN#.

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  <nowiki><ref>Bob Jones, "Supplementary System of Street Numbering Urges as Aid to Citizens," ''Salt Lake Telegram,'' 21 June 1932, p. 9, cols. 2-3. '''''Online at:''''' [https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc27nw/15854744 Utah Digital Newspapers]</ref></nowiki>

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INSTRUCTOR FIRST AND LAST NAME. "TITLE OF SYLLABUS SECTION OR COURSE NAME." (syllabus, COURSE NUMBER: COURSE NAME, CONFERENCE OR UNIVERSITY NAME, LOCATION, DATE).

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*Ruth Ellen Maness. "Advanced Swedish and Finnish Research." (syllabus, FamilySearch Library, National Genealogical Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010).

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  <nowiki><ref>*Ruth Ellen Maness. "Advanced Swedish and Finnish Research." (syllabus, FamilySearch Library, National Genealogical Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010).</ref></nowiki>

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*Maness, Ruth Ellen. "Advanced Swedish and Finnish Research." Syllabus, FamilySearch Library, National Genealogical Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.<br>

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  <nowiki><ref>*Maness, Ruth Ellen. "Advanced Swedish and Finnish Research." Syllabus, FamilySearch Library, National Genealogical Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.</ref></nowiki>

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*Use the ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' when creating references.  

*The website address in a footnote should contain an exposed URL.

''Example 2 - Website Footnote:''<br>

Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" ''Genealogy Blog,'' https://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ accessed 8 January 2011.<br><br>

  <nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Chile," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref></nowiki><br>

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  <nowiki><ref>Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" ''Genealogy Blog,'' https://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ accessed 8 January 2011.</ref></nowiki><br>

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*Use the format found below:

  <nowiki><ref>LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME. "ARTICLE TITLE." ''REPOSITORY.'' URL, accessed DATE ACCESSED.</ref></nowiki>

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Wikipedia contributors, "Chile," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile, accessed 24 March 2016.<br>

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Eakle, Arlene H. "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" ''Genealogy Blog.'' https://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ accessed 8 January 2011.

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  <nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors. "Chile." ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia.'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref></nowiki><br>

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  <nowiki><ref>Eakle, Arlene H. "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" ''Genealogy Blog.'' https://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ accessed 8 January 2011.</ref></nowiki><br>

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