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| Citations serve two main purposes. The first is to help us find the original source. If we are using an online copy of a record, we need to also indicate the citation of the offline original. This isn’t as hard as it may sound. Reputable websites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org provide both citations for you. | | Citations serve two main purposes. The first is to help us find the original source. If we are using an online copy of a record, we need to also indicate the citation of the offline original. This isn’t as hard as it may sound. Reputable websites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org provide both citations for you. |
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| The second purpose of citations is to help us quickly judge the strength of a source without having to find and look at it. In particular, we indicate if the source is an index only, images, or both index and images. | | The second purpose of citations is to help us quickly judge the strength of a source without having to find and look at it. In particular, we indicate if the source is an index only, images, or both index & images. |
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| == Level 2: Emerging == | | == Level 2: Emerging == |