Citation Issues

Marriage License Applications and Returns for the 1890s for Rutherford County, North Carolina are held as loose records. The original records do not contain an identifying number. They are held in file drawers organized by year, in file folders by first letter of the groom’s last name, then alphabetically within each folder. In 2002, the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County photocopied the original records, and holds their copies in file cabinets organized in the same manner as that used by the County for the originals.

While reading Evidence Explained QuickModel, Digital Images, Online Commercial Site example (EE p. 240), under the First (Full) Reference Note, one of the elements of the citation is a "Page ID".  In this example for Virgil and Wyatt Earp's 1850 census entry, the Page ID is "p. 290 (stamped)".

I went to the digital census image for one of my own ancestors in search of this Page ID and was confounded by all of the handwritten numbers in the upper right corner of the image.  I could not tell which one was the "page number".

Are there any recommendations for citing a presentation, i.e. a real in-the-flesh one as opposed to an online one?

Some things, such as the author, title, and date are obvious, but what about the location and/or nature of the audience (e.g. a Society), and who the author represented (maybe a guest speaker from an organisation).

I guess I would also need to indicate whether I'm relying on recollection, notes, handouts, or something else, too.

Tony

Hello,

I'm trying to find a citation model in EE that works for the digitized Canadian census images on the LAC site. I'm looking at the census section on page 300 and at the National Government Records section on page 629-630, and I can't find one that quite fits. For example, I want to cite the record below, from their database, but really just use the digital image and transcribe by hand, as mistakes in the indexing are frequent. I've linked to the image below.

Thank you much,

Jon Morin

Item: Robert MITCHELL

I was looking at Page 626 in Evidence Explained and have a question. I am just mentioning this specific Reference Note, but it may  apply to others.

Here is the Name in my Database

I have a couple of items that I'm having problems coming up with the proper citation.  The information was forwarded to me by email after having been obtained from the civil registration office in Italy by a third party who did the translation for us. I've studied the communication and have used Google translate to make sure that I'm not missing anything.

Today, I was going back through some back ground research about German immigration in the 19th century. Several years ago I found a wonderful article by Gary T. Horlacher, Using Hamburg Passenger Lists. The article was on the Progenealogist.com website. At one time there were many articles on this website however they are no longer available.  I did some digging and found the original article on the Internet Archives Wayback Machine. I want to cite this article for back ground information on how an immigrate came to America.

 I was pleased to see that my trusty copy of Evidence Explained includes an example of how to cite  Griffith's Valuation (11.63). 

The Source List Entry example is:

Griffith, Richard. General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland...Union of Ballycastle...County of Antrim. Dublin:  Alex. Thom and Sons, for her Majestry's Stationery Office, 1861.  Digital images available at "Griffith's Valuation," The Origins Nework.  http://www.originsnetwork.com:  2009

How do I distingish between a birth register I saw in person and a photocopy that was sent from an archive? 

I was provided with a photocopy of the register and a note in pen on top that said, "Volume CE, p. 349 21 Janaury 1873".  I crafted the citation below.  Do I need to distingish between going to the archive myself and having them sent me a photocopy? 

Newark, New Jersey, Return of Births, volume CE, p. 349, 21 Jan 1873 entry for male child of William W. and Sarah Hawkins; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.

Shannon