Citation Issues

Hello,

I am trying to cite to specific documents contained within old A-Files, or "Alien Case Files," obtained from the USCIS (via either their genealogy program or the Freedom of Information Act). I am having a difficult time; however, determining how they should be formatted: they are essentially folders full of immigration papers, including birth certificates, reports from Displaced Persons Camp officials, etc. etc.

I'm citing multiple pages in a military pension file from Fold3. The file is 12 pages long and each page has its own URL. Would this be the proper way to do a subsequent note? Or should the full reference indicate images 1-12 and then include the wording "specifically image 1", and in the subsequent notes "specifically image 2"... and omit the URLs in the subsequent notes?

I'm currently working with some Kanawha County, West Virginia Will Books, and came upon a new issue (for me at least). I'm working within a volume that spans 1859–1876, so I'm spanning the period that includes wills created when Kanawha was in the state of Virginia, as well as when it became West Virginia. The "container," the volume, is in the possession of West Virginia which is where I'd go to find it, but the will was created when it was Virginia. I've searched and searched both volumes of EE on how to handle this—would square brackets be the best approach?

I'm struggling with citation for a cemetery database when the search I did had complex results. So, I'm at page 216, Online Database entries. 

Citation draft:

Woodside (Middletown, Ohio). "Locate a Loved One," database, Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum (https://www.woodsidecemetery.org/burial-search/ : accessed 14 May 2024), search term: "John Moore," listing of 9 individuals named John Moore

I recently took advantage of the cost savings by ordering PDF rather than certified copies of birth and death registrations from the UK General Register Office. How do I cite them?

This is my attempt to use the 3-layer system: What I saw--a digital image of a birth entry on the UK Passport website; Where it came from--the General Register Office; Where they got it--birth register from the Wirral Union registration district. Does this citation work?

In Florida, when a birth certificate is filed for a child, the Office of Vital Statistics mails a one-time "Notice of Birth Registration" to the mother. A sample of this notice is attached. Once it is mailed to the mother, the notice is never issued again and it is not possible to obtain another one from Vital Statistics. I am guessing that since the document is in my possession and irreplaceable, I would cite it as a Private Holding/Artifact using Template 7.

I am having trouble coming up with a citation for a birth certificate issued by the hospital at the time of birth. Trying to follow the format described in Section 4.24 (4th edition) for a family artifact. For example, if I have my niece's birth certificate issued by Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida at the time of her birth. Let's say the certificate has been in my continuous possession since the birth so provenance is not an issue.

I live in Ireland and my recently born son was registered as a US citizen via a CRBA (Consular Report of a Birth Abroad). It's evidence of US citizenship. It results in a certificate that looks like [removed].

Now, I am very familiar with citing records that come from repositories (BMD records). But this recently received ceritifcte was sent to us from the US Embassy. I did not get it from an archive. 

How can I best cite this record? I'm also using Family Tree Maker. 

Yes this is kindof a discussion on ark vs paths vs microfilm vs image group numbers...but mostly in the sense of I have confused myself on which way to cite things.

In short, when looking up a record on FamilySearch, depending on which way you go about it, the same page appears in 3 different image sets, ie. 3 different groups of images.

That is…if you access it one way, it is image 122 of 848. If you access it a second way, it is image 30 of 32. If you access it a 3rd way it is image 146 of 872.

Am going crazy trying to do this right. Trying to create a citation for a page from an index book, the index book has no title and no information on the spine. The film title is "Arizona Terr Court Index to Naturalization Records Pima County Part 2 Vol 1".  Am showing the image in a report and am not referring to anything specific on the image. So "Who" is nothing. I think "What" is "Index of Naturalizations 1864-1911" which is the "film note" on FamilySearch. "Whereis" is the online image? and "Wherein" is the NARA in Laguna Niguel? Am I doing this correctly? TIA for any guidance!