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I have photocopy of a loose page, handwritten, which I know from the description is from the records of Henry Ritchie who recorded cemetery information in Pictou County in the 1950s. I don't know where I got it from, probably a record searcher in the 1990s. I know that the Pictou Antigonish Regional Library (and other archives) has a copy of the original. I don't want to imply that I have seen the original but would like readers to know how to access it. Here is my attempt:
“The Henry C. Ritchie Records (1956),” photocopy of unpaginated handwritten page labelled [surname] Hogg, privately held by author, provenance unknown. A copy of the records is held by the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, (https://parl.ns.ca/resources/historians.php).
Nancy, for something in your…
Nancy, for something in your files that was sent to you by someone else, you would normally follow Template 7. See also EE4 §2.18 "Citing Privately Held Materials."
Note especially the last line of 2.18. "We do not attempt to cite the archive where we think the original may be held." Just because someone sent you something and says it is from a certain archive does not mean that it is. Even if it is, you have no way of knowing that it is an exact copy that has not been tampered with.
The first part of 2.18 applies to the other situation you inquired about yesterday.
Thank you. I determined the…
Thank you. I determined the repository for my page and have received a digital image of the original, in colour, from them with the following information from the librarian:
That page was copied from the Ritchie genealogy binders in our collection. These are all unpublished primary source works that Henry C. Ritchie did in 1956, and more can be read about them on our website here: https://parl.ns.ca/resources/pdf/ritchie.pdf. The binder that the Hogg information is from is labelled "vol. 26 Hepburn to Hooymans," and while the pages are unnumbered, it is technically page 87. Because they are unpublished, there is no title or cover page available.If you're citing it as an archival document, then the title of the collection is the Henry C. Ritchie Records, and the depository would be the New Glasgow Regional Library.
My citation for the newly received page:
“The Henry C. Ritchie Records,” 1956, the genealogies, vol. 26 Hepburn to Hooymans, unnumbered page labelled [surname] Hogg, line 8, entry for Andrew; image emailed to author from the New Glasgow Regional Library, 21 Feb 2025.
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