"Evidence explained" looks like a truly useful reference book, but it is pretty pricey in hard copy, about $60-80. However, I found it as an ebook (pdf) for only $24.95 at www.footnote.com/evidenceexplained/.
Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: Marvin & Angelique Welch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Need advise writing sources Hi Brian, I was just telling James about a book I just purchased to help me with my sources. It is called, "Evidence Explained" by Elizabeth Shown Mills. It will tell you exactly how sources should look and how to cite various kinds of sources from vitals to stuff on the internet like Ancestry. I found a copy on Amazon for a decent price. It is a NICE CHUNKY book chocked full of information about citing sources. Well worth the money I paid. Angelique Welch [email protected] wrote: > Hello, > I am hoping to get advise about writing sources. I have been entering > sources,not using source writer, for all my records,but for now I am > concerned about the records I get from Ancestry.com. When I enter > source info for say a naturalization record,I enter all the info found > on the Ancestry page,and my source winds up looking like this : > (Master and Details) > > "Petition for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the > Southern District of New York, 1897-1944;National Archives, > Washington, D.C.;Ancestry.com. Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - > Original Documents, 1790-1974 (World Archives Project) [database > on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009; (National > Archives Microfilm Publication M1972, 1457 rolls); Records of District > Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, > Washington, D.C.Archive Roll: 1304(Roll 1144); Petition > No.311001-311330; Naturalization Record Number: 372520; Lehman > Ida;Petition for Naturalization;April 29,1938,Cert.No.372520" > > My passenger lists and census sources are equally impressive. Trouble > is,I have never seen > what a good source should and shouldn't contain. > Needless to say,I am using Legacy,could someone please advise as to > what a source should look like, > perhaps copy and paste one of your sources,for example? > Thank you , > Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
