Citation Issues

Multiple layers with a Massachusetts delayed record of birth

The Registry of Vital Records and Statistics of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently was so kind to send me a "true copy" of the Delayed Return of Birth of Theodore Gadek, born in 1909.  This "Certificate of Vital Record," came with an attachment explaining that the state file number is 146 and the that record was documented by a baptismal certifice.  Earlier the Town of Adams had sent me a photocopy of the Delayed Certificate of Birth that they have in their records.

Chicken-and-Egg

I have a slightly unusual question about references to the same image in an online article. You'll have to bear with me while I try and untangle what I think I'm trying to achieve ...

I want to display three images of the same document: one full and two heavily cropped for effect and the for the lead image. The proveance of the image is quite complicated so I only want to put that in a reference note once, and then use something like hereinafter to cite it again for the other instances.

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More website citation issues for me. Below is a citation I wrote several months ago. I am fairly certain this is not quite correct. Should the article about farming in 19th century Ontario Canada be cited first? If so how might that one page article be titled? Below is my attempt at the citation. Could you please advise me?

 

 

A copy of a will in possession of a client

My client has photocopies of her mother's will and her father's will. The father's will is in a blue folder provided by lawyers and reads

"Last will and testament of xxxxxxx

dated Stepmber 7, 1979

as modified by

Superior Court Judgment

Dated October 21, 1983"

Then at the bottom of the outside of the folder, the name and address of the law firm. Is this document enough to use as an original source of information (for names of his children), or do I need to find the probate record?

A copy of a will in possession of a client

My client has photocopies of her mother's will and her father's will. The father's will is in a blue folder provided by lawyers and reads

"Last will and testament of xxxxxxx

dated Stepmber 7, 1979

as modified by

Superior Court Judgment

Dated October 21, 1983"

Then at the bottom of the outside of the folder, the name and address of the law firm. Is this document enough to use as an original source of information (for names of his children), or do I need to find the probate record?

Citing Famous Quotes or the Misquote

I have a newspaper report of a death in 1917. The person who died in the article did not die however his wife did. I am writing up a story about the article and I want to title it "The Reports Of My Death..." Not Just For the Famous. The partial quote "The reports of my death..." has been attributed to Mark Twain. In doing some digging to find the origin of the original quote I discovered that he is often misquoted.

http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/06/reports-of-my-death-are-greatly.html

Stack of military documents from NARA

Some background/context: My great-granduncle was killed in action in WWI in 1918. However, his body was not recovered until 1927 when he and six other soldiers were discovered on the battlefield, where they had presumably been buried by the Germans. I figured, knowing the government, that this fascinating story probably generated some paperwork. I started by requesting his service record from the National Personnel Records Center.

How to cite a Gravestone Rubbing and/or Foil

How would one cite the following situation:

I have a photograph of a gravestone with tracing paper on it after a wax rubbing was made.  Most of the stone is ledgible from the rubbing, but the month of the death date is still a little vague and its reading is a little subjective.  (I think it says June, but an arguement could be made that it says Jan.)  I have the following questions:

1)  Would I cite this as a gravestone, a photograph, or an artifact?