Citation Issues

To reduce the size of the source list for imaged church books, I am using a source list entry that reflects the containing collection, rather than the church/organization. Usually, the collection name does not reflect the church name. So, there is no implicit relationship between the first reference note and the relevant source list entry.

So; I have a question about how to address this...

Hello ESM,

I cited this record years ago in my Genie Software, but am adding info to FamilySearch and WikiTree, and am wondering if it gives enough info. What are your thoughts?

It is the "original" copy that was given to the groom/bride, it is extremely fragile, and damaged from the use of sticky tape to hold it together over the years. I know the provenance of it, my grandfather inherited his property and then my uncle inherited the same.The certificate came via my uncles wife.

Dear EE,

In citing documents from a pre-1908 homestead file, I'm following the example at EE 3rd ed., 11.23: Land Entry Files, Manuscripts, but have some questions:

I am trying to write a citation for the birth registration I found at Family Search. I know I will have more of these so I wanted to be sure I was getting it right before writing more citations. I will try to upload the image I found so you can see what I am working with.

The citation I wrote is:

This newspaper article begins on page 1A with a note to “See Park Projects, 3A” for the rest of the article. The information cited is on page 3A.

John Marks, “York County park projects include new dog park, river trails,” The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina), 8 December 2021, p. 3A, col. 4; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 1 August 2022).

I am working with some images from FamilySearch. They are NOT indexed. They are NOT part of a collection. They are German.  Here is the catalog link: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/61818.

The catalog calls it: Kirchenbuch, 1714-1950. But if you try to search for a collection of that name (Search > Records > Find a Collection), it does not exist.

Specifically, in that catalog entry, let's talk about film number 473531 which is listed as "Heiraten 1820-1842 Konf. 1922-1936, 1828-1876, 1881, 1876- 1880, 1882-1921".

I'm a bit stumped on how to cite this census. It's a census of inmates in almshouses and poorhouses by the New York State Board of Charities. It's stamped as 1903 so I assume that's the year it was taken.

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1083/images/31864_243994-00050?pId=207177

I am in the process of documenting several properties for my ancestor who lived in an area within multiple county boundary changes. I want to include images from the Bureau of Land Management website that shows where the properties are (present-day), but I'm not quite sure how to cite the image. This is my initial thought for the citation:

I've been mulling over this citation for a while and am no closer to a resolution. It is time to consult the expert. The source is a record book from the Court of Equity in Newberry District, South Carolina, imaged at FamilySearch. The item of interest is a deed record in Record Book Q2:459–61. It stretches out over three pages and two digital images (and mercifully readable). Here is a link to the source page: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/476704. As you can see, this page not searchable collection, or really a collection at all -- just a gateway to getting to these records.

I've just learned something today and it causes my OCD great consternation. There is a great series of school enumeration records in the 1920's in Oklahoma. They give a listing of every student, along with their date of birth. You can follow a child's progress over the years, as they did the enumeration every year in January. Even better they are all filmed and indexed at FamilySearch so it's a great resource if you are in Oklahoma.

So here are two citations for the 1920 and 1921: