Scott: Do consider what you want the lead element in the citation to be. Personally I'd like it to be the name of the cemetery. Using one of the cemetery templates it's then easy enough to state that the transcription comes from an online database and any of the other pertinent details. Another researcher might use the URL that you would include (assuming it would still be valid), or possibly go to the university to find the original cemetery records, or even go to the cemetery itself to search out the marker.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Scott Hall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourcing question Hey Sourcing experts ... I'm stumped. How do I cite this source? The City of Rochester, NY owns two cemeteries, Mount Hope Cemetery and Riverside Cemeteries. The cemetery records for each cemetery, from their opening through 2002 have been scanned and are available online at a site hosted by the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections of the River Campus Libraries of the University of Rochester. To comply with the rules, I won't post the link, but you can find it by simply Googling "Mount Hope Cemetery Records". To comply with the source of a source rules and the guidelines set out by Elizabeth Shown Mills, how would you properly cite this in Legacy with SourceWriter? I can't really find a good example in Mills' book, nor can I find a good template to use. Could someone put together a citation for me? Many thanks! Scott 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
