Citation Issues

Citing Original Death Certificate – County/Parish Records Moved

This may be an interesting citation issue. In a family's private papers is an original death certificate issued in 1964 by the state (La.) but through the parish (Caddo). In the intervening years, those records have been moved to the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge. I have a photocopy, but I have seen the original. My goal with the citation is two-fold: 1. to show my consultation of the original record (and thus lend credibility to any proof argument); and 2. to point a future researcher to the repository where the record can be found (not digitized at Ancestry or FamilySearch. 

Full or shortened reference citations?

I'm writing a report in which I'm citing several online digital images on the same website, taken from the same NARA publication and roll, with data collected in the same location but on different dates and with different page numbers, names/spellings, etc. Is it reasonable to create a shortened reference citation for those after the first and, if so, what's the appropriate way to do that? Or is it best to use a full citation for each source?

Referencing reports not yet written :)

Yes I do mean that in the title. So I'm on the path of "leveling up" my own family tree (Thank You Yvette for the blog post). Let's not discuss how accurate the early teenaged researcher was and what the more seasoned researcher is now finding, let's just say some of the early work is as firm as Birnham wood.

Citing Ancestry's United States Federal Census database

Since I refer to both Ancestry's database and the provided image for census citations, I use "database with images" within my citations.  But the transcription provided often provides incorrect information.  Especially regarding the spelling of names and page numbers.  I have found the page numbers are very frequently incorrect.  If I correct the page number in the citation, and it differs from the transcribed information, have I placed a stumbling block in front of future users of my data?  And when answering, keep in mind if I cite only the image, I would have to re-do thousands of citati

Author of immigration manifest

I'm thinking, and that is always a dangerous thing, about immigration records. We normally cite these records from EE 11.15 as follows

"UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/47369_22021000034_2326-00193 : accessed 28 November 2021), entry for Christopher Heron, age 37, arrived Glasgow, Scotland, 27 September 1899, SS Anchoria.

And everybody is happy. 

FamilySearch - Ireland - Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929

Dear EE,

Over the past few months, I have been transcribing "Memorials" from the FamilySearch catalogue which has the title: Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185720

There are no indexed entries for these records. 

Citing City Directories' TMI

I was researching my Grandfather, Amandus E. Diethrich in Pennsylvania on Ancestry.com and discovered a City Directory, image p 187, listing his occupation as carpenter and residence as 125 Luna. Even though his surname was misspelled (it was spelled without the middle h) I am certain this is my Grandfather as the misspelling is very common. On top of the image page was "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 for Amandus Deithrich" followed by  "Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > 1899 > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1899".