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[[Image:Family Group Record Frank1.png|thumb|Family group with source footnotes printed by the PAF program. Click image 3 separate times to enlarge it.]] [[Image:Family Group Record Frank2.png|thumb|Source footnotes continued. Click 3 times to enlarge.]]Source footnote citations help us document, organize, and analyze the evidence gathered. They are the hallmark of quality family history. List of style guides.  
[[Image:Family Group Record Frank1.png|thumb|Family group with source footnotes printed by the PAF program. Click image 3 separate times to enlarge it fully.]] [[Image:Family Group Record Frank2.png|thumb|Source footnotes continued. Click 3 times to enlarge.]]Source footnote citations help us document, organize, and analyze the evidence gathered. They are the hallmark of quality family history. List of style guides.  


Ideally, every event on a family group record would have one or more source footnotes. The information about the event came from somewhere (even if it was guessed), so we should cite the source properly.  
Ideally, every event on a family group record would have one or more source footnotes. The information about the event came from somewhere (even if it was guessed), so we should cite the source properly.  
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<blockquote>12. Ancestry.com, "World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for Frank Cullum Dilts" in Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&amp;rank=0&amp;gsfn=Frank+Cullum&amp;gsln=Dilts&amp;sx=&amp;f1=&amp;f2=&amp;f3=&amp;f20=&amp;f16=&amp;f15=&amp;rg_f14__date=&amp;rs_f14__date=0&amp;f18=&amp;gskw=&amp;prox=1&amp;db=ww1draft&amp;ti=5561&amp;ti.si=0&amp;gss=angs-d&amp;pcat=WAR_WWI&amp;fh=0&amp;h=31736107&amp;recoff=1+2+3 (accessed 23 January 2009). Original source: United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, National Archives Microfilm Publications M1509, (Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1987-1988).&nbsp;!NAME-RESIDENCE: Frank Cullum Dilts, Hesston, Harvey, Kansas. </blockquote>  
<blockquote>12. Ancestry.com, "World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 for Frank Cullum Dilts" in Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&amp;rank=0&amp;gsfn=Frank+Cullum&amp;gsln=Dilts&amp;sx=&amp;f1=&amp;f2=&amp;f3=&amp;f20=&amp;f16=&amp;f15=&amp;rg_f14__date=&amp;rs_f14__date=0&amp;f18=&amp;gskw=&amp;prox=1&amp;db=ww1draft&amp;ti=5561&amp;ti.si=0&amp;gss=angs-d&amp;pcat=WAR_WWI&amp;fh=0&amp;h=31736107&amp;recoff=1+2+3 (accessed 23 January 2009). Original source: United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, National Archives Microfilm Publications M1509, (Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1987-1988).&nbsp;!NAME-RESIDENCE: Frank Cullum Dilts, Hesston, Harvey, Kansas. </blockquote>  
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