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FHL Microfilm titles
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I have been crafting complex digital image citations for FHL preservation microfilms in the following manner:
Local Archive but record obtained by a 3rd party
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I have found a pretty important record that gives evidence to my hypothosis of the mother of my 3rd great grandfather. All his adult records have him carrying his paternal last name "Gonzalez", but I suspected he was born illegitimately. I found a census record that has him listed as a child, group together with a woman that has his mother's name, and also grouped with 2 children I was aware of, that carry her first husband's last name. In the record, he has his mother's last name "Botello".
Indicating record loss
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I need to cite a marriage record where the original record no longer exists in the County Courthouse. It is cited in a book of marriages done several years ago, and apparently did exist at the time the book was published. However, since then, the marriage record, an early "loose" paper, is no longer to be found in the Courthouse records; I searched for it in person a few years ago. How do I indicate that I am citing the derivative record because the original is no longer available?
Wonky web site
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I'm trying to create a citation to this web page https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.kulturminne.no%2Faskeladden%2Flokalitet%2F62056
(off topic but this is a GREAT web site, it shows where cultural artifacts were exactly discovered in Norway. You can spend waaay toooo much time looking at the various things found like Iron age axes ...)
GSU on FamilySearch
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I struggled putting this citation together and am hoping for feedback. I hope I am not missing anything here. This register was filmed by GSU. The cover does not give the name of the register nor does it have a title page. I used the target for reference for name. Should the first part be contained in quotation marks as I have?
Citing an item within a society column
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I am citing many articles from early 1900s newspaper that are found in a column entitled "Social Happenings." There is sometimes an author listed but not always. Under that there might be multiple pieces about various women's clubs, each with just the club name as the title. Do I use the column title and author in my citations, and do I include the sub-heading of the club's name somehow?
Marriage Records Help
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Newbie here...Well, I was feeling good about creating citations until recently. Now I'm second guessing myself. I started citing marriage records. Here is my citation:
Path to Online Image: Waypoints vs Search Terms
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Looking at two examples in QuickSheet: Citing Ancestry Databases & Images:
For the "City Directories: Images" example, waypoints to the image are given in the citation.
For the "Draft Registrations: Images" example, search terms are given to find the record/image ("imaged card for Clovis Julian, no. 120, New Orleans Draft Board 13"). I looked this up at Ancestry and found the waypoints to this image to be Louisiana > New Orleans City > 13 > Draft Card J > image 393 of 425.
What is the Title?
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This question would never have arisen if I hadn't seen the actual register.