Learn how to cite a family Bible in genealogy research. Preserve provenance and create clear citations for family sources with these examples and templates.
Solid Citations Start with Better Analysis
A thoughtful analysis helps you assess the source’s reliability and its relevance to your overall research. Understanding your source also helps you create better citations!
Creating Full-Text Search Source Citations for Genealogy
The introduction of Full-Text Search at FamilySearch has been incredibly exciting! I’m thrilled to dive back into my research projects with renewed optimism that this feature will help me overcome some of my stubborn brickwalls. The collection started with U.S. Land and Probate and Mexico Notarial Records. It now includes Australia Land and Probate Records, …
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Source Citations: Punctuation Basics
Using Proper Punctuation in Genealogical Source Citations Punctuation conventions such as italics, parentheses, quotations marks, semicolons, and colons add meaning to a citation and shouldn’t be used haphazardly. Let’s review some essential punctuation rules to keep in mind when writing a genealogy source citation. Knowing and understanding these rules will add credibility and professionalism to …
Master Citation Template Part 2: Access Information
My previous blog post covered an overview of the “Source Information” section or Part 1 of my master template. To start at the beginning of this blog series, please start with the post Genealogy Source Citations Simplified. Now let’s discuss the “Access Information” or Part 2 of my master template. This section answers questions about …
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Master Citation Template Part 1: Source Information
To start at the beginning of this blog series, please start with the first post Genealogy Source Citations Simplified. In last week’s blog post, I covered the importance of creating a master citation template as a basis for all record-type templates. This process ensures that: 1) Your citations will be consistent 2) Creating each unique …
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Genealogy Source Citations Simplified
Do you feel dread when you hear the mention of genealogy source citations? Does crafting solid genealogy reference notes overwhelm you? If so, join me on my blog journey to simplify and clarify the process of crafting clear and consistent source citations. As a professional genealogist, crafting proper source citations (also called full reference notes) …