I have been printing records from Ancestry to pdf. I select both the image and citation on separate pages. The image is excellent and can be enlarged easily. The source info prints out like this:
Source Information Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? h=5099242&db=CanadianPL&indiv=try Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T- 520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C- 4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Even if the URL changes, the original citation is attached to the image in the same pdf. Suzanne >________________________________ > From: Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:21 PM >Subject: [LegacyUG] Citing website sources > >There has been some discussion here recently about whether or not/how to >cite website URLs and related matters. What I am never quite sure about >is how to handle situations where a citation one has created in the past >is no longer *quite* accurate. > >For example, for quite a while it was possible to access records from a >FamilySearch site for which the URL was >http://search.labs/familysearch.org. That URL is no longer valid but it >is possible to access the same records from www.familysearch.org. > >Similarly, Ancestry used to have a database entitled "England & Wales, >Birth Index:1837-1983" and one entitled "England & Waes, Birth Index: >1984-2005". Then all those records were combined into one database >called "England & Wales, Birth Index:1916-2005." > >I could give several other similar examples. > >So what does one do about one's citations? Just update the title of the >database or the URL of the website and carry on using the same Master >Sources, or create a new Master Source every time there is a subtle >change in the details? If one of the main purposes of a Source is to >allow others to replicate my research, they aren't going to be able to >do that if they try and access http://search.labs/familysearch.org. On >the other hand, if I say I accessed a record on www.familysearch.org on >15 May 2008 people might be very mistrustful of anything I say knowing >that that must be a lie! >-- >Jenny M Benson > > > > >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 >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
