Citation Issues

Hello Group,

I used ChatGPT to create a template for "Evidence Explained." Initially, it provided a version that used commas to separate the elements. I requested a revision to include way points instead(>), and it adjusted the format accordingly. It also supplied an example along with the updated template. Here is the pdf I hope that it follows the Evidence Explained standards? If not please tell me what's missing. I primarily work with Guatemala records btw.

I'm trying to construct a citation for an image found at fold3.com.  In my case I'm interested in citing the Bible page as a birth source for people with those birthdates. I've looked at several examples on this forum and believe I have it properly though I feel that I may have left something out or got it wrong.  The link takes you to the specific page, but I didn't see how the page number would be included in the citation.  Additionally, I wasn't sure about what I included after "citing".  I chose the NARA catalog title vice the Publication title.  Any help is appreciated.

With all the concern about the likely bankruptcy sale of 23andMe, the owners of some of the kits I manage wish to have their DNA samples, raw data and all related information deleted from various testing companies and their accounts closed. I am, of course, obligated to comply with their wishes. They do not object to my retaining copies of their raw data files and the reports and other information I’m able to download or take screen shots of. That being the case, I can continue using their test results in my research on our family. My questions are:

My question concerns a citation issue that I run into frequently, but I cannot find any specific guidance in EE or in the Chicago Manual.

While going through historical archives I often come across autograph (original manuscript) copies of letters made by the letter writer. These were (presumably) made at the time the letter was sent and retained as part of the writer's personal records. Many are labeled "Copy" in the writer's hand.

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I am trying to cite to an immigration hearing transcript that was in an Alien Case File obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.

Going off the Third Edition, the closest thing I could find akin to this document would be 3.32. Admittedly, this was an administrative proceeding transcript and not an interview, but the citation I came up with looked like this:

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I’m trying to create a first reference and then subsequent references for a probate packet of loose papers, imaged on FamilySearch. The papers include the estate inventory, division among heirs, and etc. The widow later remarried and died shortly after and the packet also includes the “Return of Dower.”   

My target, William C Parker, has been playing hard to get for decades. I've nailed down some of his life, but except for a chunk of time in Itawamba, Mississippi, I don't know his birthplace, parents, or death. Knowing where he was at a certain date is helpful. 

Our new, wonderful, friend, the full-text search at FamilySearch found some records that put William in Itawamba in an interesting timeframe. The issue is that William is only on those records as the person who attested that the parties on the deed personally appeared in front of William. 

I have photocopy of a loose page, handwritten, which I know from the description is from the records of Henry Ritchie who recorded cemetery information in Pictou County in the 1950s. I don't know where I got it from, probably a record searcher in the 1990s. I know that the Pictou Antigonish Regional Library (and other archives) has a copy of the original. I don't want to imply that I have seen the original but would like readers to know how to access it. Here is my attempt:

I have a photocopy of an annotated family tree received years ago from Nova Scotia Archives, probably from them or a record searcher by mail. It consists of 5 pages taped together and laminated, possibly by me! Marked on the back in pencil, MG1 3296 no 6. The Nova Scotia Archives has details here: https://ns-archives.accesstomemory.net/jean-stewart-maclellan. Click on file list at the bottom for list of files. Here is my attempted citation:

On FS I found a birth source which takes me to a page that does not show the actual record.  The page provides the details:

Name, Cornelius Carmack; Sex, Male; Father's Name, William Carmack; Father's Sex, Male; Mother's Name, Jane; Mother's Sex, Female; Event Type, Birth; Event Date, 18 Jun 1736; Event Place, Frederick, Maryland, United States

The link is: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYL8-1M2M?lang=en