FamilySearch.org Full Text Search - Negative Results

By VelvetWood on Sat, 06/14/2025 - 12:08

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I am looking for direction of how to handle a citation for negative search results in the FamilySearch.org Full Text Search. results in the FamilySearch.org when A page by page search of a will book was performed as well as the Full Text Search. Should the citation include a comment about the use of the Full Text Search? If FamilySearch adds records to the Full Text Search at a later date, should the accessed date or a search date  be included in the citation? 

My attempt at creating a citation:

Davidson County, Tennessee, Wills, Book 7, pages 1-519, negative search results for Jorge Sanchez; FamilySearch.org, IGN 004769071, images 29-288 of 290. Page by page search and Full Text Search (accessed 14 June 2025) > Place "United States of America," State "Tennessee," County "Davidson" > Name "Jorge Sanchez."  

Thank you!

Submitted byEEon Sun, 06/15/2025 - 10:27

VelvetWood, that works.  It identifies your resource, your parameters, and your search terms. (If you've not discovered it yet, EE4's discussion of "Negative Findings & Negative Searches" is at §2.15.)