Citation for image of birth transcription issued to me

By ShaynaNM on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 13:31

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I'm creating Family Tree Notebook pages for most of my ancestors and the documents and images I have related to them. Along with images (like the one attached), I want to include correct footnotes at the bottom of each page.

Here is my first official attempt at an EE citation! Her legal maiden name was Marion Meccariello. 

Albany, New York, Bureau of Vital Statistics, birth record no. 91 (1900), Marianna Maccariello [sic], born 27 October 1900, filed on page 40, at Albany, 30 October 1900; transcription issued 2 November 2017 to [name]; privately held by [my name].

But sometimes the info seems redundant if a reader is already looking at the image. And I'm wondering how specific should I be if these pages will be viewed by family members only--could I omit any of the text?

I appreciate anyone's insight.

Submitted byEEon Mon, 03/16/2026 - 18:57

Hi, Shayna. I could help you better if you'd indiccate which EE template (or the section number) you have used as pattern.

Template 12 on page 131 of EE 2024 and also https://www.evidenceexplained.com/index.php/node/2198

Let me try again: I'm citing the genealogical transcription of a book register whose title I don't know (not the register itself, which would follow Template 9 or a personal artifact that would follow Template 7).

Albany, New York, Bureau of Vital Statistics, birth no. 91 (1900), Marianna Maccariello [Marion Meccariello], born 27 October 1900, filed on page 40, at Albany, 30 October 1900; transcription issued 2 November 2017 to [my name].