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I'm trying to construct a citation for one page of a two-page entry (somewhat equivalent to a very short chapter) in a book that was published as an eBook shortly after its publication as a hardback. I used the eBook, not the hardback, in my research. As best as I can tell, the eBook is an image copy of the print edition (which offers a "Look Inside" at www.amazon.com .)
The funeral home sent my sister and I original certified death certificates for our dad, grandmother, and aunt at the time of their deaths. I was wondering how they would be cited. Thank you for your help.
The FHL catalog has a single entry for microfilm of Franklin (Vermont). Town Clerk. Deeds, 1795-1891. Both the town name and the county name change over the period I am researching.
EE 3.44 provides the following example:
Gale Williams Bamman, CG, "William Ball of Giles County, Tennessee: Project No. 2," p. 5; prepared for R. C. Ball, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Houston, Texas, 17 March 1990; photocopy held by [NAME, ADDRESS].
The example found at page 439 of EE (2007):
Indiana. Vigo County. Marriage Licenses, 1923. Digital images. Vigo County Public Library, Vigo County Marriage Record Project. http://marriage.vigo.lib.in.us/marriage/ : 2007.
does not state where the originals of the marriage licenses are located.
My first thought was that perhaps the website did not state where the records are kept, but the website indicates that the marriage licenses are at the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Vigo County.
A question has come up about Fair Use and in this particular situation it is specifically related to Evidence Explained. Clarification would be greatly appreciated (as well as your permission to use the requested information). Someone is looking for information on how to correctly cite blog posts and tweets. She intends to purchase a copy of Evidence Explained, but at this time cannot afford it. I own a copy and have found the information that she is looking for on pages 811 - 812.
I enjoy the exercise of working with the details of source and citation editing. Many thanks to The Editor for all of the hard work and generous advice given through this forum!
When citing an obituary from GenealogyBank.com do I cite it as a transcription or archive? And where in the citation does the word transcription or archive go? It's not a digital image of the newspaper. Does the page number go after the name of the newspaper or do I need to add "citing original page A-14" to the end. On subsequent notes, since there is no author do I just use "Eugene J. Shiell," obituary or do I need to add more info?
A source refers to "G.R.3", which is defined at another part of the source in a list of abbreviations to mean "grave record, Mount Auburn Cemetery." Should my reference note for the source conclude by saying "citing 'G.R.3' ['grave record, Mount Auburn Cemetery']" or by simply saying "citing 'grave record, Mount Auburn Cemetery'". Or is there a third, better alternative? Is there a need to give the location where the list of abbreviations is?