Citation Issues

It has become my understanding that the hyphenated enumeration district numbers in the 1940 U.S. census are comprised of a county code (before the hyphen) and the actual enumeration district number (after the hyphen). Supposedly, the pre-hyphen county code is the same throughout the county.

When citing these ED numbers, is the county name and the county code unecessarily redundant? Put another way, is it necessary to include the county code number in the ED number? I believe that my main motivation in asking this question is merely that I don't like the hyphens in my ED numbers.

I have copies of BDM's that have been obtained by a genealogical transcription service.  They provide the content of the vital record on a type sheet.  

I am seeking assistance to identify which Vital record reference from EE I should apply.

Regards

Nick Wakeling

Undoubtedly, I'm overthinking this.

EE 12.69 states:  "When citing a multivolume work, you should state the total number of volumes immediately after the title."

However, EE 12.74, dealing with multivolume sets with successive authors or editors, allows for leaving out the number of volumes and citing the one and only volume used.

My quandary involves Abby Maria Hemenway's The Vermont Historical Gazetteer:  A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military.

Would it be acceptable if I prefer to follow EE 2.58 ("Square brackets ... signify that we have added words not founds in the original source") rather than EE 14.11 ("When a paper carries either a city or state in its masthead title (but not both), put the missing place name in parentheses within the title")?

Example:  "Vermont News," St. Albans [Vermont] Daily Messenger, 22 May 1874, p. 5, col. 5.

Will someone please tell me if I have botched this Reference Note citation to a Voter Register for the city of Savannah in 1871?  I accessed the information and image on ancestry.com.

Savannah, Georgia, City of Savannah Voter Registers, 1856-1896, File: “City of Savannah Voter Registers, 1871,” alphabetically arranged, Vol. A to E (1871), William Dunn, p. D, Number 98, registered in 1871 July 14; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2015); Savannah, Georgia: Research Library & Municipal Archives, City of Savannah, Georgia.

Hi,

Please bear with me, I am trying to tidy up my source citations and I am relatively new to Evidence Style.

I am having trouble getting my head around the citation of information regarding Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death records found at Rootsireland.ie .

I have the book 'Evidence Explained, Citing Sources from Articles to Cyberspace' and  the 'Quicksheet, Citing Online Historical Resources', however, I am still confused as to which template to apply in the case of Rootsireland.ie .

I have attached a copy of a Civil Birth Record as an example.

I am having trouble writing a citation for a record of marriage (marriage license, marriage certificate and affidavit for license to marry–all-in-one) which I received from a county archive without any citation except for the cryptic "A0256(1)" which I believe refers to an archive box number. A little research on the archive website led me to a record group and series number. However, I'm having trouble actually identifying the document. I'm assuming it is a local copy since it appears to be a photocopy of a part of a book page of marriages.

Hi all,

I need to cite some unpaginated documents from a court case, let's call it AJ-200. Years after this case was closed, the documents were used as part of another court case, let's call it OJ-500. The files from the AJ-200 case are therefore stored along with the documents from the OJ-500 case.

How do I cite the documents from the AJ-200 case?

Best regards,

Lene D Kottal

Lene Kottal Professional Genealogy, Denmark

www.KottalGenealogy.com

On p. 430 of Evidence Explained use repository first, the hascert number  then name .on  page 434, section 9.3 for state level record, state to start with smallest then to largest which isexact opposite...  Is either correct?  I prefer the first... I'm trying to update citations from data I've had for more than 30 yearsof research to get more "standardized"  prior to publishing genealogy. Thanks  for all your wonderful work!!!

Hello all!

My research to find as much as possible finally led me to visit State Archives of Republic Serbia here in Belgrade. It is the main Archives in my country so I must say I was little nervous before entering the institution.