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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
That's where my search got interesting. I was searching for John T Moore (1877-1931) who I knew was buried in that cemetery and I have a copy of a photo of his marker. The listing of individuals has no matches for dob/dod but has 4 entries with no dates but section-lot-grave info. Jumping ahead, a search for his wife turns up a match for section and lot- adjacent grave so I am reasonably certain I have grave locations for the couple. Little additional info for them on the cemetery site but I have significant info from other sources. The "final" pages for the individuals do not show location of graves:
https://www.woodsidecemetery.org/grave/John-T_-Moore-5138539/
https://www.woodsidecemetery.org/grave/Elizabeth-Moore-5138540/)
Appreciate assistance. Thanks.
Hello, John. You've done…
Hello, John. You've done well. EE would cite the online cemetery, as you have done (or cite the exact URL for John T.), and then add an explanation of the problem.
Historical resources have always been a challenge to cite because they don't tidily fit into a simple standard format, in the manner that published books and articles do. Now, our technological delivery methods present the same types of creation problems that the original records present. We can cite a website publication and its database into a standard template, but we're still left with the need to explain the problems in accessing and using that source.