I would search FamilySearch, ancestry, eg. https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Top_Genealogy_Websites_for_Finding_Ancestors_in_Germany f or the individuals to whom you have the sources attached. :) Margaret
On 26 May 2017 at 01:02, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > >> 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./ >> >> >> >> 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.) > > 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.) > > -- > Jenny M Benson > http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ >
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