Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

By Anonymous on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 20:41

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Hello Editor,

I was just entering a record into my genealogy software (Legacy) but wanted to run my citation by you, for opinion and further guidence if needed.

I recently commissioned some research from a company I have used in the past, to locate and copy records from microfilm held at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, for the Donacavey Church of Ireland (Fintona Parish, County Tyrone).

This is my current citation for one of the records provided.

Donacavey Church (Fintona Parish, County Tyrone, Ireland), digital image, unidentifed register, unpaginated, "Baptisms," Isabella Patton baptism, 26 February 1814, daughter of Andw Patton of Killymoonen and Rebecca his wife; image provided by Robert Williams, Ulster Ancestry (http://www.ulsterancestry.com); citing Baptisms, 1800-61, C.I.  Donacavey or Fintona (Clogher diocese), MIC/1/45; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast.

I have the digital version of EE2015, but was loosely basing this citation on quick lesson 19, Layered citations. Have attached the record.

Regards,

Robyn R

 

 

Submitted byEEon Tue, 01/24/2017 - 09:12

You've done well, Robin. Two wee tweaks.

  • The website title needs italics--the absence of which, I suspect, was just a "slip" here; but I mention it for the benefit of others who will read your messge and follow your pattern.
  • EE would remove the semicolon that's inside the last layer. Yes, in cittions to manuscripts in archives whose materials have complex organizations, it's traditional to use semicolons between elements that have interal commas. However, in layered citations such as this, the semicolon marks the break between the layers. (Both cases, of course, follow the punctuation rule that semicolons are used in complex sentences to separate items in a series when one or more individual items has internal commas.)

Submitted byRobyn_62on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 17:42

Thanks so much for the added tweeks. I had actually forgot to use italics for the website title, I always do that, but yes I 'slipped' so it was great to have that pointed out. It has also given me a better understanding for the use of semicolons for this type of layered citation and others.

Thanks again.