How to cite Swedish church records or other records viewed digitally on www.sok.riksarkivet.se

Is this the correct citation format for the website Riksarkivet?  I bought your most recent edition (2017) and it did not contain an example for this website.

Footnote:
Swedish National Archives, "Arbrå kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/HLA/1010005/C/5 (1877-1885)," database, Riksarkivet (sok.riksarkivet.se : viewed 11 November 2018), p 92.

Short Footnote:
Swedish National Archives, "Arbrå kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/HLA/1010005/C/5 (1877-1885)," database p 92.

Bibliography:
Swedish National Archives. "Arbrå kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/HLA/1010005/C/5 (1877-1885)." Database. Riksarkivet. sok.riksarkivet.se : 2018. 

Submitted byEEon Sun, 03/01/2020 - 22:02

Swede_dane2021. Can you provide an image of what you are citing? It's impossible to say whether a citation covers all essentials and describes the source well enough for users of the citation to make some evaluation of the source, without actually seeing the source!  (To put it another way: citation is not about following some formula. It's about understanding what we are using, its strengths and limits, and what information needs to be recorded.)

Incidentally, EE has Riksarkivet examples at both 6.57 and 7.45. But citation differences rarely are based upon This Website vs.That Website. Once we learn the basic formula for citing a database at a website—and learn why we need to distinguish between a database entry and an actual imaged record—that formula can be applied to any database or any website. What's most critical is the identification and nature of the specific information that the website delivers. I don't see that in your citation.

Have you had time yet to study the QuickStart Guide tucked into the front of the book--and the first two chapters that provide fundamentals for citing everything? Have you had time to read the Church Records chapter (chapter 6) which begins with basic issues in citing this genre of record and then discusses all the variant types that you'll encounter?

Submitted byswede_dane2021…on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 23:39

Which version of the book are you talking about?  The most recent edition is dated 2017, correct?

I am waiting for a family member to change my pdf into a jpeg.  I don't know how to make any of your acceptable images.  I have a screen grab, but I do not know how to make it into a jpg or jpeg or gif or whatever the fourth option was, so I am limited in what I can do when I have questions.  All I have is a pdf of the screen grab I made that explains everything related to my question.