Citation Issues

I understand that if a data source actually gives information about the source of its own data (whoopee!), such as the proveance, reference details, etc., then we should include it in a new layer begining "citing".

I also understand that if some authored work cites the sources from which it derived one-or-more claims then we can cite the work but not that author's citations, not least because they are not the source of the claim.

Good morning,

I deal mainly with Jewish Genealogy and so I have some issues with specific data sources.

My current questions relates to pages of testimony (for example: http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1497034&language=en).

Pages of Testimony are submitted by Holocaus survivors, remaining family and friends, in commemoration of Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

1) How should I cite the various pages of testimony (there may be more then one per individual and they may have conflicting information) in my report? 

The suggested reference note in EE 11.55 for an online database of the Social Security Death Index gives me pause.  It is:

Social Security Administration, "United States Social Security Death In-dex," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 1 April 2015), entry for Theresa Sammarco, 1978, SS no. 116-05-4655.

I inherited a Certificate of Birth for my great grandfather. He was born in 1892, and it appears he needed a birth certificate for some reason and so ordered this document in 1912.  The information was extracted from the original Birth Registers of the Parish.  I'm trying to figure out what a proper citation for this document would look like.  I have both the original blue paper certificate, and I've also digitally scanned the document (because it's very delicate and falling apart).  I probably would want to cite the actual certificate, not the digital image of the certificate. 

Dear Editor,

I know you've addressed this several times, within the pages of EE, the QuickLessons, and in the forum, but I'm still not getting it.

We do so much of our research online now, viewing images of original documents.

The question:  Do we try to cite the original document as the first part of the citation, followed by the website information, or is it the other way around?

Or is either acceptable, or does it "depend?"

I'm not entirely sure how I should cite a street view image from Google Maps. It is an image rather than a map, so I think this is what I've come up with for my full reference note:

505 Hayes Avenue, Helena, Montana; digital image, June 2012, “Street View,” GoogleMaps (http://www.googlemaps.com : accessed 29 August 2015).

It includes the date the photo was taken, according to Google, along with the day I accessed the image. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Nancy

Please email me at <address not visible> as I would like personal instruction on entering source information for Kansas State Censuses on Ancestry.com where the original appears to be at the Kansas Historical Society. Using RM7. Look forward to a quick reply from EE STAFF ONLY.

Greg

Dear Editor,

Recently, Ancestry.com made a change in the User’s experience when merging a record from their record collection into an Ancestry Member Tree (AMT) (online tree) or the Family Tree Maker program, Version 2014 (FTM2014).

The Patch Notes for FTM2014 are HERE:[1]

Up to now the online images of FHL microfilm I've used have been GSU (FHL) films of original records.

I've now run across an FHL microfilm that appears to be a copy of a preservation microfilm made by a state agency.  The microfilm header has the FHL film number but does not have the usual GSU filming information, but rather has information from the state agency.  There's no clear mention by FamilySearch that the FHL microfilm is a copy of another microfilm, however.

Is it appropriate to add the agency microfilm to the citation as:

In an effort to come up with a citation for  a draft registration card for WWII found at Ancestry, I am looking at EE 11.33 (second and third editions).  I would like to begin with my questions about the second edition example and I would appreciate very much your comments to the following:

Christopher Ferraci (2nd edition)