After you have uncovered a valuable piece of family history, your first responsibility is to preserve information about where you found it. Can you be confident that the ancestor you have located is acknowledged in veritable, acceptable documentation? Will you citation make the details perfectly clear and useful in later generations. What are the proper forms for reporting genealogical research?
This manual provides the answers. Whether you find data in wills, cemeteries, deeds, Bibles, census tables, interviews, periodicals, tax lists, military records, or other places, you will earn here how to report your findings accurately.
For more than a decade 'Cite Your Sources' has been the reliable resource for clear, correct guidance. Included are uncomplicated yet academically acceptable examples for documenting your valuable findings.
Precision, accuracy and consistence are hallmarks of good genealogical research. This indispensable handbook is expressly for the conscientious, meticulous genealogist.
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1. Documenting Research
Citing Sources According to Standard Form
Goals
The Use of Reference Notes
Part 2. Citation Forms
The Note Entry
Punctuation
Capitalization
Abbreviation
Commonly Used Abbreviations
Miscellaneous Points
Placement of Numbers and Indentions
- Books, Pamphlets, and Monographs
- Serials
- Unpublished Documents
Part 3. Short or Second Use of Notes
Short Title References
Other Short Reference Forms
Index
