Citation Issues

For citing National Government Records, Evidence Explained includes three categories: original materials (such as manuscripts and photographs), databases, and image copies. Into which of these categories would fall original materials that were sent to me as image copies by an agent? I have not viewed the original paper documents, yet the images I have seen are neither from an online database nor on microfilm.

Dear Editor,

When a county clerk creates a register record and forwards it to the state, is the state leading element (the author) in the citation or is the county?

Looking at an image from FamilySearch "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," the register states at the top of the page "To the Honorable Secretary of State of Michigan: Return of Births in the County of Luce."

Image no. 1 in this set is the FHL microfilm information which identifies it as originating with the "Dept. of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan."

Should my citation be something like this:

I've gone round and round with this, had one post all typed up and then decided I figured it out and deleted it, but then decided I had no clue. So here I am again.

My dad's driver's license, the actual one he carried in his wallet. It gives his dob (and so far I've not gotten my hands on a birth certficate) and address, proves residence, etc. Is it considered an Artifact?

I've searched this forum for any mention of driver's licenses, no luck.

I did look at state records, Misc. Licenses, 9.19, but that doesn't seem to apply as they reference a record group.

I just received my grandfather's file from NARA Atlanta in an email. I have Evidence Explained, second edition and I am a bit confused with the QuickCheck Model. Would this be my citation for the file?

James John McCarry pension file, SS no. 716-09-2211, 1954; records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934-, National Archives Record Group 184; RRB-Congressional Inquiry Section, Chicago, Illinois.

Pat O'Donnell Kuhn

First off I want to say thank you for the GREAT book, and the time/effort invested in not only it, but this forum. From the day I started on family history research I've paid attention to citing my sources, and now after a couple of years I'm enjoying taking to the next level.

Dear Editor,

I can't to wrap my head around subsequent footnotes. Is there any logic to when you cite the record group and repository in subsequent footnotes or is it just a matter of personal preference?

For example, in the Quickcheck model for Maps at the National Archives (EEv3, p. 543), the subsequent note cites RG 77, NA-College Park.

But the subsequent note Quickcheck model for State-level Land-Grant register (EEv3 p. 490) only cites the document and omits the series, record group and repository. 

OK, I promise I have some easier ones I am not posting about!!! I feel odd posting a second topic so soon after my first but...I will anyway.

Church records...I am dealing with English Parish Register Transcripts (aka Bishop's Transcripts) [7.38] with an online database with images [7.18] and original files that are now at an off-site archive [7.12] on top of the original records being files instead of a book/volume.

I have come up with:

I am working on ICAPGen certification and I am using Legacy 8 Delux.

this is my citation

1910 U.S. census, Sangamon, Illinois, population schedule, Gardner Township, enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 6A, p. 169, dwelling 99, family 100, Andrew Minder household; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 13 Nov 2015); citing National Archives andRecords Administration microfilm T624, roll 324. I have be advised by one of the Mentors that using the world citing should not be used. Yes use or Not.

I am working on ICAPGen certification and I am using Legacy 8 Delux.

this is my citation

1910 U.S. census, Sangamon, Illinois, population schedule, Gardner Township, enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 6A, p. 169, dwelling 99, family 100, Andrew Minder household; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 13 Nov 2015); citing National Archives andRecords Administration microfilm T624, roll 324. I have be advised by one of the Mentors that using the world citing should not be used. Yes use or Not.

1. Many of the memorial pages at Find A Grave have copies of recent obituaires.  Am I correct that such copies are copyright infringements (assuming that the creators of the pages didn't obtain permission)?