Can Layer 2 be omitted from subsequent citations to a previously cited record book, page and digital image if the person of interest is different?

EE4, section 8.21, pp. 297–298, notes 2 and 12, provide a model for omitting Layer 2 from a subsequent citation when the same parish, record book, page, entry number, person, URL and image number are involved.

1st Reference Note as given in section 8.21:

2. St. Louis Parish (New Orleans, Louisiana), Register No. 4 "Blancos y Negros" [Whites and Blacks], page 32, unnumbered entry, 24 May 1760 baptism of Therese, negresse au [of] Sr. Flamand," amid a group baptism of enslaved adults; imaged, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, database with images, "Combination, 1759-1762," Archdiocese of New Orleans (https://nolacatholic.org/church-records : accessed 1 October 2023), image 50 of 115; the register label appears on image 18.

Subsequent note as given in section 8.21:

12. St. Louis Parish, Register No. 4 "Blancos y Negros," p. 32.

I’m wondering if the 1st Reference Note’s Layer 2 could be omitted if one were creating a subsequent citation to the same parish, register, page, URL and image but for a different person? Say, for example, a citation for Person X among the group baptism referenced above. (I found the downloadable image at the nolacatholic.org site to be illegible, so I can’t provide a specific person as an example.) Could one simply use the text of note 12, above:

   St. Louis Parish, Register No. 4 "Blancos y Negros," p. 32.

Or could one merely add the name and identifying information of Person X to the above example:

   St. Louis Parish, Register No. 4 "Blancos y Negros," p. 32, Person X, [identifying information].

Or does this situation require the creation of another 1st Reference Note, similar to the example provided in EE4 with only the person’s identifying information changed?

St. Louis Parish (New Orleans, Louisiana), Register No. 4 "Blancos y Negros" [Whites and Blacks], page 32, unnumbered entry, 24 May 1760 baptism of Person X, [identifying information]," amid a group baptism of enslaved adults; imaged, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, database with images, "Combination, 1759-1762," Archdiocese of New Orleans (https://nolacatholic.org/church-records : accessed 1 October 2023), image 50 of 115; the register label appears on image 18.

Thank you very much for EE4 and for helping me understand this particular issue.

F.T.C.

Submitted byEEon Mon, 03/11/2024 - 09:02

Yes, F.T.C., in a record such as this, where you may be interested in (say) both "Thérèse" and "Jean Baptiste," after citing Thérèse in a first note and a subsequent note, a new subsequent note that relates to Jean Baptiste can follow the same subsequent-note form that you used for Thérèse—with the person identification being changed to Jean Baptiste.