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I am trying to cite a Citizenship file that I received from USCIS. It contains multiple documents including a request for information from a relative (a document I need to reference for the familial relationship), a duplicate certificate of naturalization, petition for naturalization, Alien registration form, and other documents.
This file is different for the naturalization records that I would get from NARA and therefore the citation should be different. I presume this file would have the same citation format as an Alien Registration file.
Main file:
Arthur Caprielian, Citizenship file no. C6659534; Naturalization Certificate Files, September 27, 1906 - March 31, 1956, Historical Records Series, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Washington, DC.
Specific document:
Rose Caprielian, Application for Verification of Information from Immigration and Naturalization Service Records, form no. G-641, 3 September 1985; Arthur Caprielian, citizenship file no. C6659534; Naturalization Certificate Files, September 27, 1906 - March 31, 1956, Historical Records Series, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Washington, DC.
I am sure that there are issues with both of these citations. I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Sarah
Sarah,
Sarah,
In both instances, you have done an excellent job of following the basic pattern shown at EE 11.1 "Citing Federal Records (U.S.)."
Citing the file: Individual file name and no.; collection name with date span; series name [and dates, if appropriate]; agency/archive, geographic location of agency/archive.
Citing the individual document: Name of applicant, document ID and date; file name and no.; collection, etc. . . .
The only tweak that EE might make would be to put quotation marks around the name of the document in the second example—presuming, of course, that you have copied it exactly. When citing a specific record, if we don't put quotation marks around its name, we are saying It's actually untitled, but this is a good description for ID purposes.