I just watched this video from rootstelevision about citing online sources and figured I would pass it one here (it even mentions Legacy, so I am SAFE in the "on-topic" zone! Woot!
http://rootstelevision.com/players/player_howto3.php?bctid=22058979001&bclid=958499738 Angelique S. Fry wrote: > I often use and save the digital images from "Missouri Marriage Records, > 1805-2002," at Ancestry.com and like Connie, I find the images problematic > for the reasons she stated. I use other sources to find the book number and > only look at the transcriptions to see how Ancestry has dealt with the > sometimes difficult handwriting. > > But this isn't about Ancestry.com; it's about how to source the material > from Ancestry.com. I use SourceWriter template for Marriage records > Found > in governmental records > Marriage registers > Created at the county level > > Online images > > Here is how I fill in the fields for the master source: > Source List Name: Marriage Records - Missouri 1805 - 2002 > Jurisdiction State: Missouri > Jurisdiction County: [I leave this blank because I don't want 114 Master > Sources for Missouri's 114 counties!] > Series: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002 > Format: Digital images > Website Creator: Ancestry.com > Website Title: [I leave this blank as it seems redundant to repeat > "Ancestry.com" or "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002"] > URL: http://www.ancestry.com > Date: 2007 > > In the Source Detail fields I put: > Item Type: marriage register > Volume: Stoddard County Book 1 [I know it is book 1 from other sources] > Page: 251 > Person 1 Surname: Crews > Person 2 Surname: Saddler > Year: 1876 > Date Accessed: 4 Jul 2008 > > Under the Text/Comments tab, I transcribe the marriage record in the top > section and enter comments about the source in the bottom section. > > Here is the end result: > > Footnote/Endnote Citation: > Missouri, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002, Stoddard County Book 1: > 251, Crews-Saddler, 1876; digital images, Ancestry.com > (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jul 2008). > > Subsequent Citation: > Missouri, marriage register, Stoddard County Book 1: 251, Crews-Saddler, > 1876. > > Bibliography: > Missouri. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002. Digital images. > Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com : 2007. > > Sherry > > 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
