Citation Issues

I am trying to prepare a template that will cover the situation of revised editions and/or multi volumes.

The basic format for a published book is:

Author, role, Book Title (Pub Location: Publisher, Year), page.

and for multiple volumes, EEv3, 12.69, p. 705 guides us to include the total number of volumes immediately after the Title:

Author, role, Book Title, X volumes (Pub Location: Publisher, Year), page.

and for a revised edition, EEv3, QCM, p. 651, shows the edition data should be placed immediately after the Title:

Dear EE,

By way of confirming my grasp of Ancestry's method of source information, I would appreciate a critique of this citation draft (and no, I don't intend to run all my future drafts by you, lol);

Dear EE,

In an earlier thread (http://www.evidenceexplained.com/node/2121) you guided me in crafting a schoolbook on Ancestry citation:

Dear EE,

How do I cite a War of 1812 widow's pension files that were obtained from NARA in person?

I have downloaded a death certificate from a state archive. Do I reference the certificate or the website first?

In studying EE I frequently encounter references to "the database" but, so far nothing that firms up (for me) how to confidently recognize that it is a database I'm consulting. 

As I struggle to cope with the inherent inconsistencies of record citations, I am compelled to request an answer to this:

"Do I invariably have the option of organizing any citation elements from 'largest to smallest or smallest to largest'?"

I refer to occasions other than simple, straightforward reference notes.

Wayneson

I have several items written by German parish offices that certify information from church book entries. Some of them are completely typewritten. Others make use of preprinted forms with the information either typed or written in. These items provide the necessary information for use with the guidelines given in "Derivatives: Copies & Compilations" in EE 7.24 and 7.25 on pages 340-1.

Citing records from the National Archives of Norway has been discussed on this forum several times. I am hoping to get some clarifications. Please refer to the following:

https://www.evidenceexplained.com/index.php/node/1650 (1900 Census of Norway at Ancestry)

https://www.evidenceexplained.com/index.php/node/2070 (Issues citing the Norwegian Census)