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Citations for published sources are pretty easy, so emerging genealogists often create them. The basic information is title, author, page numbers, and publication year. The two we sometimes forget are publisher and place of publication. Some books have different authors for each chapter and so the citation includes the name of the chapter and its author. | Citations for published sources are pretty easy, so emerging genealogists often create them. The basic information is title, author, page numbers, and publication year. The two we sometimes forget are publisher and place of publication. Some books have different authors for each chapter and so the citation includes the name of the chapter and its author. | ||
You don’t have to remember these elements or the order because genealogy programs have templates. You merely fill in the blanks and the program formulates the citation according to the ''Chicago Manual of Style'', the certified genealogists’ standard. | You don’t have to remember these elements or the order because genealogy programs have templates. You merely fill in the blanks and the program formulates the citation according to the ''Chicago Manual of Style'', the certified genealogists’ standard. | ||
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Manually citing online record collections is straightforward. Webpages and online collections or databases are cited like chapters in a book. “S.o.s.” stands for “source of the source” and is the source of the collection as specified by the website. Item type is “database,” “database and digital images,” or just “digital images.” | Manually citing online record collections is straightforward. Webpages and online collections or databases are cited like chapters in a book. “S.o.s.” stands for “source of the source” and is the source of the collection as specified by the website. Item type is “database,” “database and digital images,” or just “digital images.” | ||
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For example, here’s a citation to the death certificate for Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States: | For example, here’s a citation to the death certificate for Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States: | ||