I am working on a history blog post that is based partly on information drawn from the Documents of the Assembly of the State of New-York. These were compilations published after each legislative session during the 19th century. They contain reports, transcripts of testimony, etc.
I am citing information about a medical license issued by the District Court in Williamson County, Texas, but because this record set is new to me, I thought I'd get input on this citation
Williamson County, Texas Medical Register: 76, A. C. Mussil medical license, 3 December 1909; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QS-J99X-K?i=250&cat=457558 : accessed 19 Nov 2023), image 251 of film 5788521.
The book spine is imaged here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QS-J99P-3?i=186&cat=457558
I was revisiting some of my citations, but I still feel insecure about citations, so I wanted your thoughts on this one:
Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, "Record of Births 1897-1903," p. 8, Sabra Margaret Cross; digital image, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99D-Q9WK-V?i=148: 6 Nov 2023).
I read over sections 7.24 & 7.25 in the EE book and have a question about why the event dates and document dates vary in their presentation as they do. As both refer to artifacts, I would have expected the dates to be presented in a similar way. I just need a bit of help to understand if there is a specific reason for this.
A) In the 7.24 example, the certificate date is shown as, "Rogers-Morgan marriage certificate (1848 marriage); issued 1971...", in both the source list and reference note.
When citing censuses from Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org, why do the examples use Ancestry.com and FamilySearch (rather than FamilySearch.org)? Does it have to do with the corporate name? And is it unacceptable to use simply Ancestry (instead of Ancestry.com)?
I inherited a few clippings that have their provenance partially identified by a penned annotation. I later determined the full provenance information and would like to reflect it in the citation. This situation is a bit more complex than usual, so it seemed worthwhile to as for feedback.
Would the following citation work?
I've been researching immigration and naturalization documents for several ancestors this weeks. Most of them seem pretty clear what the date of the record would be, but certificates of arrival usually have two dates. It seems that they were often issued years after the individual actually arrived. So which date should be used in the citiation? The arrival date, the certificate issue date...or both?
I've been pulling what's left of my hair out trying to cite a record from the Oliver County, North Dakota, naturalization records. Like most North Dakota naturalization records, it is not currently in searchable database can only be reached through the FamilySearch catalog. The Oliver County collection may be found here.
After making several attempts at it, I eventually came up with this:
Digitized images of the Irish canceled land books can only be viewed on computers at Tailte Éireann (TE), Dublin, Ireland. The original volumes have been filmed and removed from circulation.
To access a townland, the following path within their database is used:
Archive Books > County > electoral division (ED) > volume by years > book # (usually 1 to 8) > Townland index > townland. (See images)
When I take photographs of monuments, I typically take a set of photographs that show any surfaces bearing inscriptions and also any foot stones etc. Multiple burials are often noted on the same monument (and associated foot stones). So; I really want to maintain and cite the photographs as a set. I should note that the cemetery in the examples is a bit odd, since it is legally comprised of three sub-cemeteries.
How can one best capture this in an EE-style citation?
Here is one possible option, based on the conventional monument situation examples..
