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There are several handbooks that can help you improve the style of your source footnotes. They are '''''guides''''' and don't have to be conformed to. They differ slightly in their suggestions. Please encourage your fellow researchers to cite sources, and avoid being overly fussy about the minutia of their citations. If you see a citation that needs improvement, encourage the author to consider one or more of these guides: | There are several handbooks that can help you improve the style of your source footnotes. They are '''''guides''''' and don't have to be conformed to. They differ slightly in their suggestions. Please encourage your fellow researchers to cite sources, and avoid being overly fussy about the minutia of their citations. If you see a citation that needs improvement, encourage the author to consider one or more of these guides: | ||
*University of ChicagoPress. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *University of ChicagoPress. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1154321 ''The Chicago Manual of Style''], 14<sup>th</sup> ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. | ||
*Mills, Elizabeth Shown.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *Mills, Elizabeth Shown.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2543716 ''Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace'']. 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2015. | ||
*Mills, Elizabeth Shown.''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *Mills, Elizabeth Shown.''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1384511 QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources: Evidence, Style.]''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154712517?referer=di&ht=edition ''2nd rev. ed'']. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2007. | ||
*Silicon Valley PAF Users Group: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | *Silicon Valley PAF Users Group: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/971576 Family History Documentation Guidelines]'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. San Jose, Calif.: SVPUG, 2000-2003.'' | ||
*AncestryProGenealogists. “[https://web.archive.org/web/20140705161451/https://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm Internet Citation Guide for Genealogists],” in ''AncestryProGenealogists'' Internet site.<br> | *AncestryProGenealogists. “[https://web.archive.org/web/20140705161451/https://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm Internet Citation Guide for Genealogists],” in ''AncestryProGenealogists'' Internet site.<br> | ||