To shorten and simplify some of my existing citations, I'm trying to reformat some of them to show the "physical item" first. While I'm not quite sure about the first and subsequent reference note formats, I'm quite concerned about the format of the source list entry and its length.
In crafting a citation, I am trying to decide whether it is appropriate to use editorial brackets for the title, or go ahead and put what is the implied name of the register. And which implied name should I use?
When I go to the first page filmed for this volume, which FamilySearch states is "Marriage Records", I find on the cover of the book only the volume "E". When I am looking at the record I am citing, it it is pre-printed at the bottom of the record "Filed and Recorded in Book E of the County Records of Marriage Licenses...".
I have an issue with Newspapers.com (part of Ancestry?). They cite the newspaper as South Idaho Press (Burley, Idaho), but when you go to page 1 of the newspaper, the title is The Burley Bulletin. How do I cite this? I normally cite what the newspaper title page has on it.
I have been pretty successful at finding citation examples in the book but I have hit a snag. I have an online image at Ancestry that was originally in the AL Dept of Archives and History, Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number :M84.0085. I think my Source List Entry is good to go but once I hit the 1st Reference I got stuck. Here's what I have so far:
Source List Entry
Dear Editor;
In your response to "Citing newspapers sourced from Ancestry.com" you provided a possible citation (for which I've included the missing page number);
Ottawa (Ontario) Journal, 6 March 1958, p. 30, cols. 1–2, “Deaths: Murison, Thomas Baird”; imaged “Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1885–1980,” Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/50019 : accessed 10 June 2021).
Dear Editor;
Hi,
The FHL stores microfilm made by other archives. In the catalog, it is stated who created the microfilm and where it is stored. Is it essential to identify the creator of the film in the citation?
It looks at bit confusing to me to write "...; citing The Danish National Archives microfilm 50899, The Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, The United States." The creator is the The Danish National Archives, and the repository is The FHL.
Dear Editor;
I have a few records from the New Hampshire vital collection on familysearch. I was already aware that their records are on handwritten cards (I've also been to the archives in person). When creating a citation of the image of these cards should I be putting in the citation somewhere that these are handwritten since that can leave room for errors when transcribing the information? I'm assuming these are considered secondary sources?
I'm trying to follow the example of the citation structure given in section EE 14.22 for citing images of Newspaper Articles, regardless of source, in order to introduce more regularity into the way I cite newspapers.
The Ancestry.com example is causing me some confusion, since there doesn't seem to be an, "Historic Newspaper Collection" on Ancestry.com and I believe one needs more than just the site name and URL to create a functional citation.
Would the following approach work, in order to make it a bit easier to locate the article?
