I take the VERY simple approach to citing death certificate. The point is to cite enough info so that a person could get their own copy if they wanted. This is how my death certificates look like:
Mississippi State Department of Health, death certificate 3466 (1943), Jesse Collon Simmons. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, death certificate 7216 (1927), Martha Francis Cheatham Wood. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, death certificate 45570 (1977), Calvin Lemuel Simmons. Louisiana Secretary of State, Vital Records, death certificate 2741 (1921), Celie Crawford. Texas Department of State Health Services, death certificate 1008 (1945), William Hezikiah Summers. I have a master source for each state that included the official title of the agency that handles death certificates in that state. The rest goes in the details. Mine is based on Evidence Explained but I left out the last part. Here is mine Mississippi State Department of Health, death certificate 3466 (1943), Jesse Collon Simmons. This would be Evidence Explained Mississippi State Department of Health, death certificate 3466 (1943), Jesse Collon Simmons; Office of Vital Statistics, Jackson. I didn't think that last part was necessary since it is very easy to find the Mississippi State Department of Health. Michele -----Original Message----- From: William (Bill) R. Linhart [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Request for Opinions - documenting Source - photocopy of death certificate I have a photocopy of a death certificate. That is the good news. My challenge is to enter the source in Legacy for this simple photocopy, which I am confident is reliable. The photo copy has two CERT numbers. One CERT number is the record of this official copy made for a fee. The other number is the CERT number for the original record. The photocopy was found in a folder that I created about 20 years ago when collecting items. The folder was marked "copied from my fathers safe deposit box". I have several records in this folder. My father is deceased. The safe deposit box and its contents are no longer. No one knows where the contents might be. So, in Legacy what would you record? What is the REPOSITORY? ... my photocopy files? Or the State Archives which the document says it will be filed ? What is the MASTER SOURCE? .... I thought maybe the State, County and City of the vital records archives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania --- or my home folder? What is the SOURCE DETAIL? ... The Certificate No. and notes with the actual text. Thanks. Bill 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
