1,147
edits
Try again to fix links
m (Use colon for indenting material) |
(Try again to fix links) |
||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
*A semicolon separates the citation to the derivative source from the citation to the source of the source. Usually, you will quote the source specified on the website. If you know the steps to find the original, use them as the source of the source. This hypothetical example (you can’t really browse original Texas death certificates) indicates that the certificate is filed by number, 00340, in the certificates for Bexar County, kept by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, stored at the Department of Health in Austin, Texas. | *A semicolon separates the citation to the derivative source from the citation to the source of the source. Usually, you will quote the source specified on the website. If you know the steps to find the original, use them as the source of the source. This hypothetical example (you can’t really browse original Texas death certificates) indicates that the certificate is filed by number, 00340, in the certificates for Bexar County, kept by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, stored at the Department of Health in Austin, Texas. | ||
Keep the changing nature of the web in mind as you create citations to online sources. Because web addresses change, it is better to cite the home page plus finding instructions. The upcoming changes to FamilySearch.org are a case in point. | Keep the changing nature of the web in mind as you create citations to online sources. Because web addresses change, it is better to cite the home page plus finding instructions. The upcoming changes to FamilySearch.org are a case in point. During the past several years, the address of Johnson’s death certificate on FamilySearch has changed three times: | ||
:http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage;c=1320964;r=36519114;role=principal | :http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage;c=1320964;r=36519114;role=principal | ||
:http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage&c=fs:1320964&r=r_17727274&pn=p1 | :http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage&c=fs:1320964&r=r_17727274&pn=p1 | ||
:http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2F10.249.2.228%3A8080%2Frsda%2Fark%3A%2Ffs.r%2Fr36519114%2Fp1&hash=iKoaPmN5qiaItKHSK0Vx1EZ6rR8%253D | :http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2F10.249.2.228%3A8080%2Frsda%2Fark%3A%2Ffs.r%2Fr36519114%2Fp1&hash=iKoaPmN5qiaItKHSK0Vx1EZ6rR8%253D | ||
:https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MMLT-N1Q/p1 | |||
The citation above is immune to these changes. It | The citation above is immune to these changes. It was applicable on the pilot site. It was applicable on the beta site. It is applicable on the current site. And it will still work if changes occur in the future. Why? Because you could find the death certificate on any of these websites starting from the home page and searching for “Lyndon Baines Johnson” with a death date in 1973. | ||
=== Database without Images === | === Database without Images === | ||
| Line 79: | Line 75: | ||
*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, ([http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCNET] : [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> | ||