On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if someone else can help you find the elusive records. (I have just received invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a request on a genealogy newsgroup.)1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4 records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them. Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none, how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages and christenings./
Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments. If you use SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates, but I think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits & Sketches" since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a photograph (of a record.)
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