Citation Issues

Census records with mis-transcibed names

How does one cite a 1851 Census record form England that is mis transcribed?  I have several with different problems with the individuals names.  For example:


1861 census of England, St Mary Parish, Nottingham, ED 4, folio 70, page 23, Richard MOWBRAY; digital images, ancestry.co.uk (http://ancestry.co.uk); citing PRO RG 9/2457.  

This is what I have as a citation, however, Ancestry has the name as MOWBRAY, both on the image and on the transcript page.  So I have recorded the name as MOWBRAY (it should be MOESBY)

Alien Case File (A-Files)

Hello,

I am trying to cite to specific documents contained within old A-Files, or "Alien Case Files," obtained from the USCIS (via either their genealogy program or the Freedom of Information Act). I am having a difficult time; however, determining how they should be formatted: they are essentially folders full of immigration papers, including birth certificates, reports from Displaced Persons Camp officials, etc. etc.

Subsequent note quandary, Fold3 multi-image file

I'm citing multiple pages in a military pension file from Fold3. The file is 12 pages long and each page has its own URL. Would this be the proper way to do a subsequent note? Or should the full reference indicate images 1-12 and then include the wording "specifically image 1", and in the subsequent notes "specifically image 2"... and omit the URLs in the subsequent notes?

Place Name Changes

I'm currently working with some Kanawha County, West Virginia Will Books, and came upon a new issue (for me at least). I'm working within a volume that spans 1859–1876, so I'm spanning the period that includes wills created when Kanawha was in the state of Virginia, as well as when it became West Virginia. The "container," the volume, is in the possession of West Virginia which is where I'd go to find it, but the will was created when it was Virginia. I've searched and searched both volumes of EE on how to handle this—would square brackets be the best approach?

Citing a cemetery database (Section 6.7, 4th ed.)

I'm struggling with citation for a cemetery database when the search I did had complex results. So, I'm at page 216, Online Database entries. 

Citation draft:

Woodside (Middletown, Ohio). "Locate a Loved One," database, Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum (https://www.woodsidecemetery.org/burial-search/ : accessed 14 May 2024), search term: "John Moore," listing of 9 individuals named John Moore

Citing PDF image copies of England GRO birth and death registrations

I recently took advantage of the cost savings by ordering PDF rather than certified copies of birth and death registrations from the UK General Register Office. How do I cite them?

This is my attempt to use the 3-layer system: What I saw--a digital image of a birth entry on the UK Passport website; Where it came from--the General Register Office; Where they got it--birth register from the Wirral Union registration district. Does this citation work?

Citing a "Notice of Birth Registration" issued at time of birth by Bureau of Vital Statistics

In Florida, when a birth certificate is filed for a child, the Office of Vital Statistics mails a one-time "Notice of Birth Registration" to the mother. A sample of this notice is attached. Once it is mailed to the mother, the notice is never issued again and it is not possible to obtain another one from Vital Statistics. I am guessing that since the document is in my possession and irreplaceable, I would cite it as a Private Holding/Artifact using Template 7.

Citing hospital birth certificate (Section 4.24, 4th ed.)

I am having trouble coming up with a citation for a birth certificate issued by the hospital at the time of birth. Trying to follow the format described in Section 4.24 (4th edition) for a family artifact. For example, if I have my niece's birth certificate issued by Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida at the time of her birth. Let's say the certificate has been in my continuous possession since the birth so provenance is not an issue.

Citing a CRBA certificate (not obtained from a repository)

I live in Ireland and my recently born son was registered as a US citizen via a CRBA (Consular Report of a Birth Abroad). It's evidence of US citizenship. It results in a certificate that looks like [removed].

Now, I am very familiar with citing records that come from repositories (BMD records). But this recently received ceritifcte was sent to us from the US Embassy. I did not get it from an archive. 

How can I best cite this record? I'm also using Family Tree Maker. 

FamilySearch...same image in 3 different image sets...now so confused!

Yes this is kindof a discussion on ark vs paths vs microfilm vs image group numbers...but mostly in the sense of I have confused myself on which way to cite things.

In short, when looking up a record on FamilySearch, depending on which way you go about it, the same page appears in 3 different image sets, ie. 3 different groups of images.

That is…if you access it one way, it is image 122 of 848. If you access it a second way, it is image 30 of 32. If you access it a 3rd way it is image 146 of 872.