Not sure I agree with not even giving the next researcher a hint which newspaper repository to check. It's not like they all have the same stuff. It's even more varied that the censuses. Maybe it's different depending on how old the newspaper is, which could impact how readily available it is in more than one online collection...? --Paula in Texas
________________________________ From: Michele Lewis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 10:30:46 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Tricky citation I am a bit unorthodox here. If I can copy the newspaper page to my hard drive I treat it as though I have seen the paper myself (and I have!). My citations look like this: "Funeral Services for John A. Horne to be Held Today," The Augusta Chronicle, 26 Oct 1941, p. 9A, col. 5. [the name of the paper is in italics] This is the format that you would use for a clipping. The reason I do it this way is that it doesn't matter WHERE I got this from, GenealogyBank, Newspaper Archives, Library of Congress etc. If someone needs a copy they know the EXACT newspaper page. It wouldn't take very long to find a repository that had it. I try to make my citations as brief as possible (while still including all of the elements) so that they are easier to read. Michele <snip> 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
