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When a historical record collection can be searched, the derivative type is “database,” “index,” or similar term. When a collection has digital images, “digital images” is the type of the derivative. Consider this citation to the death certificate of former president, Lyndon Baines Johnson: | When a historical record collection can be searched, the derivative type is “database,” “index,” or similar term. When a collection has digital images, “digital images” is the type of the derivative. Consider this citation to the death certificate of former president, Lyndon Baines Johnson: | ||
<blockquote> 1. “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database and digital images, ''FamilySearch.org'' ( | <blockquote><nowiki> 1. “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database and digital images, ''FamilySearch.org'' (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 December 2009), search for Lyndon Baines Johnson, died 22 January 1973; death certificate 00340, Bexar County, Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas.</nowiki></blockquote> | ||
<br> Notice the different parts of the citation: | <br> Notice the different parts of the citation: | ||
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The source of the source is even more important for databases without images. When a database does not have images, you cannot tell if there are indexing errors. The source of the source citation in the following example tells you where to get a photocopy of the original record. | The source of the source is even more important for databases without images. When a database does not have images, you cannot tell if there are indexing errors. The source of the source citation in the following example tells you where to get a photocopy of the original record. | ||
<blockquote> 2. “Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996,” ''Ancestry.com'' ( | <blockquote><nowiki> 2. “Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996,” ''Ancestry.com'' (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2010), search for Alonzo Raymond, married 1922; from “Upper Snake River Family History Center and Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho),” citing “marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Bannock Co., ID in Volume 11 on Page 55.”</nowiki></blockquote> | ||
<br> Unlike the Texas Death example, this source of the source shows the typical practice. Simply “specify whatever the database gives as its source.”<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained'', 301.</ref> | <br> Unlike the Texas Death example, this source of the source shows the typical practice. Simply “specify whatever the database gives as its source.”<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained'', 301.</ref> | ||
= Entering Citations in nFS | = Entering Citations in nFS = | ||
At the present time [2010], the new FamilySearch Tree makes it very difficult to enter sources. Here are some suggestions from users that may help until source entry is improved. I suggest doing what works for you. “Remember that the purpose of source citations is not to create paranoia or anxiety but to eliminate it.”<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, ''Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), 14.</ref> | At the present time [2010], the new FamilySearch Tree makes it very difficult to enter sources. Here are some suggestions from users that may help until source entry is improved. I suggest doing what works for you. “Remember that the purpose of source citations is not to create paranoia or anxiety but to eliminate it.”<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, ''Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), 14.</ref> | ||
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*Make use of the browser’s drop down list of past entries.<ref name="Grant" /> | *Make use of the browser’s drop down list of past entries.<ref name="Grant" /> | ||
*Copy and paste frequent sources from a separate document.<ref name="Grant" /> | *Copy and paste frequent sources from a separate document.<ref name="Grant" /> | ||
*Enter sources for the individual rather than for each event.<ref name="Grant">Kathy Grant, “Entering Sources in nFS -- Tips and Improvements,” ''FHCNET'', Yahoo discussion group, ( | *Enter sources for the individual rather than for each event.<ref name="Grant">Kathy Grant, “Entering Sources in nFS -- Tips and Improvements,” ''FHCNET'', Yahoo discussion group, (<nowiki>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET</nowiki> : [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27009 5 June 2010, 8:17 pm], accessed 18 July 18, 2010).</ref> | ||
*Enter limited information.<ref>Gary Templeman, ''FHCNET'' ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27011 6 June 2010, 2:57 am]); Venita Roylance, Ibid. ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27021 6 June 2010, 5:36 pm]).</ref> | *Enter limited information.<ref>Gary Templeman, ''FHCNET'' ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27011 6 June 2010, 2:57 am]); Venita Roylance, Ibid. ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27021 6 June 2010, 5:36 pm]).</ref> | ||
*Enter citations into the notes so you can format as desired and synchronize with desktop genealogy data.<ref>Gaylon Findlay, ''FHCNET'' ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27025 6 June 2010, 8:23 pm]).</ref> | *Enter citations into the notes so you can format as desired and synchronize with desktop genealogy data.<ref>Gaylon Findlay, ''FHCNET'' ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET/message/27025 6 June 2010, 8:23 pm]).</ref> | ||