Jemima, I did not know that trick about using the S key to get the source. I believe it gives the same information as the record page does, but it's much easier to copy. And thank you for providing that format.
On Wed Dec 31 2014 at 5:55:54 AM Ardenholme Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > > > My new Evidence! Style (by Elizabeth Shown Mills) Quicksheet which focuses > on citing Ancestry.com databases and images. > > > > The yearbook you mention is therefore an image shown on Ancestry.com. > > > > To cite it, it suggests: > > > > “*the title of the yearbook*” Digital images. *Ancestry.com. * > http://www.ancestry.com : 2010 *(or whatever year it scanned the image)* > > > > This type would be classified as an image of (a) original records or (b) > pages previously published in print or issued on film. > > > > On Ancestry, did you press S on your keyboard when you have the cursor on > the image? It should open a new window giving you a source of this > particular image and you can copy their given citation. > > > > Hope this helps you to decide from the Source Writer. > > > > Jemima > > > > *From:* Nancy Stevens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 31 December 2014 03:03 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a college yearbook > > > > I think I would use Book, authored (reprint) -- Authored by an agency -- > Online book. This is what I use for digital images of books. > > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Kathy Purdy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found my mother in her college yearbook in a database on Ancestry. The > yearbook gives her address in a listing of all students so I would like to > cite it as a source for her residence at that time. I am perplexed as to > what I should choose in the Source Writer. Artifact, book, periodical, and > school record are all types I have considered. Ancestry doesn't provide a > citation for the yearbook, just for the database "U.S. School Yearbooks, > 1880-2012", although it does give the name of the college and the title of > the yearbook. Should I page through the yearbook images until I get to the > title page, and cite it as a book? But I don't have the book, I just have > an online image accessed through Ancestry, and I thought you were supposed > to cite what you have in your hand. > > > > Kathy Purdy > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
