Citation Issues

I have a (deceased) relative's birth certificate that appears to me to be solely decorative. It  has the hospital's name, and on the back the baby's footprints. Since it's not an official record (at least I don't think it is), I'm not quite sure of the correct way to cite it. My best guess is: 

Marysville, California, Rideout Hospital, birth certificate (decorative), <name withheld>, 11 July 1955; privately held by Todd Wells, Seattle, Washington, 2025.

Any additional guidance is appreciated.

 

Hi, EE.  I am trying to figure out how to cite a court summons published in a newspaper for 6 consecutive weeks.  This one concerns the summons for the child of a woman who is petitioning for dower, and the child is married and has moved out of state.  The summons by the Superior Court of Burke County, North Carolina was published in a newspaper in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina 6 times from 24 December 1869 to 4 February 1870.  Online images are supplied by the DigitalNC website.  The first publication in 1869 can be seen at 

Does the 4th edition cover citing multiple years for City Directories?  I am trying to establish residency for someone for an 8 year period and the city directory is my best source. I see a blog post from 2013 that references EE 12.56 but I don’t have that edition.

Thanks! 

Does the 4th edition address citing something accessed through a library subscription site?  I am specifically trying to cite an obituary obtained through NewsBank's HeritageHub.  The URL is incredibly long and, presumably, only accessible to those with the same access.  The only post I saw on this topic was from 2018 and it didn't give a clear answer. Thanks!

I'm not clear how to cite this Ancestry database.

I think Template 10 is appropriate, and this is what I got:

Greetings,

I am attempting to cite to a photocopy of the “Certificate of Incorporation” for a defunct business entity. Unfortunately, there was no copy on file with the County Clerk, which is where I usually obtain such records from. Thus, I had to request a copy via mail from the State of New Jersey’s Department of the Treasury’s Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services.

I’m having difficulty formulating a citation for a document hosted on the New York Heritage Digital Collections website. Various organizations post their archival documents on this platform: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16373coll130/id/1669/rec/1.

Their suggested format for a CMOS citation is the following:
Digital Collection, Holding Institution. “Title.” New York Heritage Digital Collections. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

In EE 4th edition, page 511, it says “Researchers who obtain file copies from NPRC commonly face one problem: they are provided photocopies without the requisite details to cite the source.”

How does one find those details? On page 512 of EE, there’s an example of a source list entry for a World War I era file that includes a date range for the files: “1885-1951.” How would one go about finding the appropriate date range for World War II era or more recent files? Are there other source details one should find to properly cite such files?

Before the NGS Family History Conference, I visited the Indiana State Archives for the first time. I dutifully photographed the label on the box, the label on the folder, and the item within. After re-reading Chapter 4 of EE4, I thought I knew what elements go in each layer. But the label and its online index for the item have me stymied. There may be more items on the label that I don't need, or perhaps I'm not understanding the items.

Hello,

I am working with many birth records found in various German Kirchenbücher.  Often, the records I find are listed by only the child's first and middle (baptismal and given) names. The surname must be derived from the  information given about the parents. 

For example, I am working on an individual known to me as Johann Paul Dieterle.  Since his birth record lists him only as Johann Paul (and provides the surname of his father later in the record), would it be appropriate for me to "add" his surname using square brackets?