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| PROPER CITATION 1804 BURIAL: "Ansearchin News" Periodical, Volume 2, No. 4, 1982, page 25, Bible Record of the James Family, copy available at the Monterey, California, FHC: A burial record for Mary James, wife of Tom James, who died in 1804.
Due to requests from students about citation methods, I would like to post a couple of examples from various formats. Because professional researcher’s are paid by the time they spend performing research, writing and editing reports, and completing data entry work in their genealogy computer program, this does not leave the time to put together as extensive a citation as might be desired in a research publication. Click on each example to see what might be found in a National Genealogical Society publication (NGS), a Silicon Valley Computer User’s Group publication (SVPAF), a citation using Mr. Lackey’s format which Elizabeth Shown Mills elaborated upon (LACKEY), and a researcher's method (given the name Karen). Students may use any format as long as they remain consistent throughout their project. Sample comparisons of census entries. Sample comparisons of vital record entries. Sample of English Genealogy citation from Everton’s magazine. To see a sample list of event types, print the attached PDF page. Karen tended to break down her citations as follows:
Hopefully, you will select a method that will help make your work easier as well. |
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