
This past week, Mr. Myrt and I went a-hunting via computer for a family reunion location. We ran across a place with this absolutely ideal office space. Look at all those unused shelves just waiting for genealogy and history books. It's a pretty cool room, but seriously, why waste this space on a vacation retreat? This should be imported into our own homes. Who needs a kitchen anyway? We can always send out the laundry, right? I wish, but I digress.
Last week we talked about developing analysis skills and referred to Chapter 1 of Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, 3rd edition.
This week we're on to citations.
WHAT'S THAT HUGE GROAN I HEAR?
Worried? Not interested in citations? Thinking you could get a lot of genealogy done if it weren't for the citations that take too much time to create? Well, to properly organize our genealogy research findings and arrive at reasonable conclusions, we've got to get those citations in standard, consistent format. You know it has to be done. Now is your chance to do it!
Worried? Not interested in citations? Thinking you could get a lot of genealogy done if it weren't for the citations that take too much time to create? Well, to properly organize our genealogy research findings and arrive at reasonable conclusions, we've got to get those citations in standard, consistent format. You know it has to be done. Now is your chance to do it!
Let's bring in to play the work of Thomas W. Jones, another leading genealogy educator. His workbook Mastering Genealogical Proof discusses source citations in Chapter 4. Pages 33-35 provide theories and samples of citations with these easy to remember elements:
Undoubtedly, if you purchase the Kindle version, you'll want advice on how to print the pages from your tablet. Here are some suggestions from our friends at MakeUseOf:Thomas W. Jones, Mastering Genealogical Proof (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 2013). [Book available from the publisher at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/mastering_genealogical_proof , also available in Kindle format, described here.]
1. Rework the citations for documents and photos you've attached to the first four generations on your surname/maiden name individuals. When we copy and paste the so-called "source info" from various websites, we find format inconsistencies. Most online citations don't come close to the second element of the GPS Genealogical Proof Statement which reads as follows from the Board for Certification of Genealogists website:
Complete, accurate citations to the
source or sources of each information item For more info see: http://bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html |
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Be sure to see See ESM's "Sample QuickCheck Models" located here: https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/sample-quickcheck-models

3. Read ESM's Quick Lesson 22: What Citation Template Do I Use? located here:
https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-22-what-citation-template-do-i-use

By downloading this file, you can use MS Excel and add to the list once you start crafting citations for documents and photos you've collected during your research.

Since the census image "person of interest" is my father, Glen S. Player, I typed it in the field I've now highlighted with a green bordered box. See where it appears in Footnote and Short Footnote side of the dialog box. I've placed a blue oval where I need to type the civil division, enumeration district, page id, household id. What is there in grey text is merely a sample, and will be replaced by my typing.


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Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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