Citation Issues

I have a birth certificate created at the federal level.  The creating agency is the Department of State Foreign Service.  This is an original document with raised seal.  There is no certificate number.  Right now I am citing it like I would a state issued certificate but it looks a little bare because there is no certificate number.   Michele Lynn Simmons, birth certificate (1962) Department of State, Foreign Service of the United States, Washington DC. Any ideas on how I can make this better?   

I can cite a widow's pension. But in this case, she was awarded the pension, and I have both the application number and the certificate number. The widow remarried, and was dropped. After her second husband died, she reapplied under a new act. Her second application was also successful, and carried new application and certificate numbers. Should I cite the later numbers, with the earlier numbers in brackets? I know the soldier's service will always be a part of the citation, but how many and which of those numbers should remain in the citation?

Not sure what to do for this citation:  I found an obituary on a website. The website belongs to "Trib Total Media, Inc.," which I think is a parent company for several different newspapers. On this website, the obituaries are not digital images of the actual newspaper, but are text versions of what was printed in the newspaper. There is a feature on their website to search for obituaries. The obituary has no other information attached to it, like the name of the newspaper or the date of when the obituary ran.  Would I cite this using a website citation?

I have a question with regards to citing online images.   On p. 605 (Online Databases and Images > First Reference Note > #2) of Evidence Explained, the words "imaged from" appear in place of "citing."   Are there times when one would be used instead of the other? Thank you,rootsjockey

Hello!

I'm citing a German church book, microfilmed and held at the diocese archives. I wish to translate the German titles (to French) but I'm confused as to using square brackets or parentheses. On page 123 (3.12) of EE, square brackets are recommended. However, on page 330 (7.16), parentheses are suggested. Which should I be using in this context?

Here's what I have so far:

My father's maternal ancestors come from Bohemia. In their village Neudorf (Nova Ves), there were predominantly German-speaking population. Since 1918 Bohemia belongs to Czech Republic. I mention this to explain why this is about German material in a Czech archive. The responsible Czech archive in Sokolov publishes digital images of the community chronicle of Neudorf (1848 - 1938). The original title is "Gedenkbuch der Ortsgemeinde Neudorf bei Petschau" [memorial book of the local community Neudorf near Petschau].

Hello All,     I have recently done a page by page search through two enumeration districts in the 1920 census (Pittsburgh, Ward 27). I was looking for a specific family, but did not find them. Would I cite this the same way I would normally cite a family in a census, but leave out the page, line, dwelling and name of head of the  household?                                                                                                  EXAMPLE:   1920 U.S.

I have before me a copy of an original record from a FHL microfilm (#1,013,958). The record comes from Volume B, Page 154 of Registration of Marriage, and is dated 2 May 1847. The marriage took place in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin became a state 29 May 1848. Since the register covers marriages when Wisconsin was a territory, as well as a state, should I begin the citation:

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Registration of Marriage, b:154 - or

insert the word Territory?

I know, I know, picky...

In light of the talk about the "velcro principle," I would like to know how a person would add a citation to an electronic image of a document or a photo when you do not have a hard copy. For instance, if I save a document/image found in Familysearch to my computer, how do I attach the citation to that saved item?

Hello all,

I've got some new issue (old one about some cousin who were named as a father in 1878 in actual Church Baptism Register Book 3 years after his death wasn't solved yet, I didn't find a record about his death since 1947, so search is still on). Issue is citing Church Parish Birth Record Book and note in it.

I have a relative who was born on July 14th 1898 and baptized on August 16th same year in Local Church. As a note about his death local state government officer wrote this