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I read over the post, "Private Holdings: Artifact", https://www.evidenceexplained.com/index.php/node/1734 and tried to utilize the birth certificate example to construct a citation for one of the birth certificates copies I hold on file. Unfortunately; I've tried to create a citation, but the chain of custody is causing me to doubt that I've done so correctly. Could I ask for your feedback?
From noted post:
1. [AGENCY], birth certificate no. 4041 (1933), district of Hornsby, [PERSON'S NAME]; certified copy dated 22 January 1997, privately held by [NAME], [ADDRESS for PRIVATE USE], [CITY, STATE]; photograph held by [NAME], [ADDRESS for PRIVATE USE], [CITY, STATE], 2018.
In my case the chain of custody was: [original image not included - contains personal information.]
- The 14 February 1926 birth was registered on 5 March 1926 with index reference "1926-49-32".
- Certificate numbered B 116877 was issued at Toronto, by the Province of Ontario, on 30 November 1942. It bears the above information.
- A positive print, from a photostat, was notarized as a "True Copy, in Ontario, on 18 April 1961.
- In 2018 I inherited the notarized positive print from my mother.
Potential citation:
1. Province of Ontario, birth certificate no. B 116877 (1942), [PERSON'S NAME], born 14 February 1926, registered as index no. 1926-49-32, at Toronto, 5 March 1926; copy of original notarized 18 April 1961; privately held by [NAME], [ADDRESS for PRIVATE USE], [CITY, STATE]. Inherited as part of the estate of [DECEASED NAME], 2018.
History-Hunter, you've done…
History-Hunter, you've done well. You have a sound grasp on principles and understand how to adapt.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm still getting acclimated…
I'm still getting acclimated to these short-form birth certificates, including those I've inherited. I inherited the certificate in the attached image after I had already ordered and received a short-form from the local office (and you so generously helped me cite a few weeks ago). How is this citation for the record in the attached image?
City of Albany, New York, Division of Vital Statistics, certificate of birth (short form), no. 1-299178 (1922), Marianna Maccarello, born 27 October 1900; inherited as part of the estate of [name], 2017; privately held by [name].
Or this one: Atripalda,…
Or this one:
Atripalda, Avellino, Italy, short-form birth certificate marked “Certificato di Nascita,” for Carlo Vittorio Nardi, 18 April 1888, citing “Registro degli Atti di Nascita, 1888, Parte 1,” entry 82, supplied 23 February 1953; inherited as part of the estate of [name], 2017; privately held by [name].