In Quick Lesson 26, EE walked through citing a death certificate from Ancestry resulting in the citation looking like this:
Hello,
I have a death certificate from New York State. I wrote to the county office (Monroe County) to request this certificate. It is a copy of a Certificate of Death issued by the New York State Department of Health. At the bottom of the certificate it says: This Certificate must be filed with the local registrar within 72 hours after death. On the side of the certificate there is a green stamp that says: Genealogy Use only not an official copy.
Elizabeth,
How do I cite a transcript from a NY town Register of Deaths? It was provided by the town Registrar of Vital Statistics. Since it is not a photocopy of the register itself, just a transcript, citing the register doesn't seem right, nor does citing it as a certificate, though it is dated and signed by the Registrar.
Based on the NY State index of deaths, there are probably a couple of errors (perhaps typos) in the transcript, but won't know for sure until Albany gets around to my request (still pending after almost two years!).
Thanks,
Greg
Dear EE,
I didn't think I would be back on the forum so soon after my last post; this time I am looking for a review or tweaks of a citation that I have crafted for a new source :-).
Recently, I ordered an image from the Family History Library Record Lookup Service - https://www.familysearch.org/en/family-history-library/family-history-library-records-look-up-service
This is a follow on to a previous topic (Browsable Images @ Family Search):
https://www.evidenceexplained.com/node/1984
This is just a fun one as we sometimes have to "break" some rules. One of the assignments in a class I am taking is to create a DNA proof argument based on DNA and paper trail evidence provided to the class. We are, however, supposed to create the proof argument without doing any additional research (i.e. the task is to use the information provided and focus on the proof argument).
I think I have this one down, but I'd just like a review of what I created. The document is the arrival list for those entering Auschwitz who were not immediately sent to the gas chamber.
I am trying to cite an image from a bound volume of photocopies of NARA records that is contained in a collection at a library, but has also been imaged. Some examples on this site and EE indicate the website and the collection could be combined into one layer, but I don't see how to do that since the website collection and archive collection have different titles.
Dear EE,
I think I have lost the plot (again)! I have searched the forum for similar issues and have reread Quicklesson 26 once again (ARKs, PALs, Paths & Waypoints (Citing Online Providers of Digital Images), I am still confused.
I am trying to cite an entry in a Bishop's transcript, that has not been indexed but can be found by browsing. These were found via a search in their catalogue for England, Devon, Harberton.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1832162?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
I have purchased a digital PDF (by the UK Government Online Probate Search Service) of both a Will and Grant.
I believe them to be official transcripts and the database "Find my will" provides the option to (pay-for-images) of the document.
The PDF's are available for viewing for 31 days from the date of downloading the first copy and then they get removed from my account.
I'm new to "Evidence Explained" and unsure on how to write the citation for this. Is it possible to walk me through it?
