David, I disagree with you completely. The internet is a repository, like a library. Ancestry.com is like a book (or more accurately, like a series of multi-volume books) within that library. I certainly would cite the name and page number of a book I found within a library.
While I agree there would be 17 specific source citations, there only needs to be one Master Source (the Ancestry North Carolina database). Although lumping vs. splitting is a personal choice, I suppose it would be possible to have just one Master Source for Ancestry. I suspect most people would want to avoid having a separate Master Source for each death certificate. I will respond separately with examples of how I would cite the NC death certificates example. Connie --- On Sun, 2/13/11, David C Abernathy <[email protected]> wrote: > [quote] In my family file I have 17 > death certificates all from Ancestry.com but I am confused > how to cite them.[/quote] > > > The source if the information is the certificates, NOT > Ancestry.com or even the State or County. So with 17 > certificates you would have 17 sources. This is the same for > birth and marriage certificates. > > Ancestry.com is not a source but a depository, just like > the records found at a library, Archive and etc are not the > sources, but again a depository. > > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy 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
