Citation Issues

Good morning! 

I am using FamilySearch's new AI text search like it's a new toy!  So I am citing the images directly rather than a database title.

I have a few questions about the following citation and would appreciate comments.

Marshall County, Tennessee, County Court Clerk Minutes, Vol. A, page 444, Thomas Ross appointed administrator of Samuel Hillis estate, 7 December 1840, imaged; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/ : accessed 13 December 2024) > IGN 007642977 > Item 1 of 3 > image 231 of 234.

Hello,

I am trying to figure out how one would cite to documents (for example: a complaint, a legal brief, a motion, etc.) for historical unpublished cases? In this particular instance, the case files are obtained from the Superior Court Clerk's Office

I have attached an example of the first page of a complaint.

The example cite I came up with per 8.19 is:

Many genealogy programs include a "relationship calculator". How would one cite the "relationship calculator" as the source for the stated relationship in a sentence such as: "John Doe was the uncle of William Smith."

I am having trouble even developing a citation for the loose document located here within a bound volume:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-LH9N-B?i=777

To add, outside of the dates (1829, 1834) and "Day-Book," I cannot make out what else is listed on the book's spine:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-LH38-L?i=562

I am hoping you can provide some guidance.

Hello, EE,

I’m puzzled by what seems to me to be an inconsistency in EE4’s construction of subsequent reference notes for state-level vital records certificates and register pages viewed as online images. Sect. 11.39, p. 451, subsequent note 13, does not mention the website. That’s as I expected for a subsequent note. However, Sect. 11.40, p. 453, subsequent note 13, reads:

“Texas Deaths, 1890–1976,” FamilySearch, certificate image, Walter Preston Morse, 1942, no. 2908.

I've crafted the following citation, but my real question is whether I need to indicate that the records are only available to view at FamilySearch Centers and affiliate libraries?

Grayson County, Texas, "Marriage Record H (Aug. 1884-Dec. 1886)": 429, Still-Quinn, 10 November 1885; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2024), image group number 4705887 > image 247 of 649.
 

A colleague has me rethinking my citations for NYC vital records found online. Our differences lie in layer 2 and how we each interpret the website.  Perhaps you can provide some insight on how to best cite it? Here are our examples…

Brooklyn Borough, New York, death certificate, no. 2788, for Phoebe Williams Hendrickson, 31 January 1918; New York City Municipal Archives, “Historical Vital Records” database with images, NYC Department of Records & Information Services (https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/5179597 : viewed 9 November 2024).

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I looked at EE4 9.40 and crafted the following citation, but I do notice the example given in EE4 does not include a description (i.e., P.F. Rayford to J.N. Wills). Should it?

Hill County, Texas, “Deed Record 27,” 82-83, P. F. Rayford to J. N. Wills; County Clerk, Hillsboro; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3SF-WW33-Z : accessed 6 November 2024), image group number 8502872 > image 72 of 868.

I have reviewed EE4 template 10 and developed these two related citations:

Saline County, Arkansas, untitled court records book, p. 21, road petition, July Term 1837; imaged, “Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2061549 : accessed 31 October 2024) > Saline > County Court records 1836-1848 > image 14 of 172; citing “County courthouses, Arkansas.”

I recently have been verifying my sources in Family Tree Maker. I discovered that the database name has changed. When I did my research originally there were numerous database titles for "Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [years covered]. I have sources with dates ranging from 1906-1963 to 1906-1970 for various people in my tree. Now when I verify the source there is only one date for the database, i.e. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970". Should I change my source entries to reflect this?