Citation Issues

My grandmother was an ordained minister. I contacted the church that ordained her, to see if they had any records they'd be willing to share - specifically her ordination certificate. They advised that they don't maintain copies of the actual certificates, but what they do maintain is a "Registration Form for Ministerial Office." A copy is below. I'm trying to figure out how to cite this. I did receive it as an image copy, but via e-mail from the church office.

Hello,

I am trying to figure out how to appropriately cite to declassified FBI reports that were obtained via FOIA.

The report's cover-sheet includes the following header:

 To cite to pages 19-20 of this report, I came up with the below based upon the "Research Report, Privately Held" model template:

While I would like to reference headshots and images that are not linked to "events" or "attributes", my software does not provide the ability to do so. This is likely a widespread issue and relevant to other genealogists and family historians, as the current GEDCOM 5.5.1 doesn't actually have provisions that support it. In short; many programs require an image to be attached to source via an event or attribute. They cannot handle citations attached directly to images. This is why census images and the like are not an issue, but headshots are a problem.

I am working with images of church records found at Ancestry, and I am hoping for some feedback on my citation attempt.  The images are of church books in Norwegian, with several listed in one filmstrip.  All books in the filmstrip have targets starting with FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, NORTHWOOD, IOWA, but the books are from different congregations of the church.  The books have different sections for baptisms, confirmations, marriages, etc.  Here's what I have settled on:

Layer 1:

I received some documents via email from a librarian. I am tempted to cite them as part of an archive, but I also know we should cite what we use, and I have not physically visited this library, so should I cite the email I received or the archives from which the attached documents came?

Thanks!

Do citations need to be repeated once a fact (like a birth or marriage) has been established? For example, in a KDP, the birth, death and marriage dates are listed for each child and then reported again when the child is discussed later. Is the same information cited again?

I think I remember reading somewhere that it didn't, but I can't find the reference now. I could also be remembering incorrectly.

Thanks.

In EE 4th edition, on p. 252, regarding the 1910-1940 censuses, I noted the following: "Only the population schedules have survived, thereby eliminating the need for citations to specify which schedule is being cited."

The examples given follow that rule. However, when I refer to Template 13, the descriptor "population schedule" is included as a building block.

Can you clarify please?

Thank you

Hello EE,

I've found the forum responses and quick lessons very helpful supplements to EE3 and EE4 - thank you.

I have an imaged marriage record found at Ancestry.com.  I am following the templates 9 and 10 and section 11.5 in EE 4th edition.  I’d like some input on how much information is necessary to include.

Here’s the link to my document:

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61677/records/239745?

I am using Polish church register images from digitized microfilm which is now available online.

The images are the second copy (transcription) of the parish register which was filled out by the parish priest and sent to the state as required by Napoleonic law.  The microfilm now resides at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L′viv.