tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post3228940952138022122..comments2024-03-19T01:26:04.572-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Which census source citation should I use in RootsMagic 4?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-6833788362181232402009-06-28T10:01:48.733-07:002009-06-28T10:01:48.733-07:00One thing I was going to mention was the fact that...One thing I was going to mention was the fact that it asks you for the state and county in the Master Source record. Legacy does the same thing. To curb this, and only have 1 master source for each census year, I simply place all of the info in the "Civil" (RM4) / "Jurisdiction City" (Legacy 7). So it would look like this in that field for the details: Chicago, Cook, Illinois. It still displays the entire source correctly and then I don't have a gazillion master sources for censuses. <br /><br />Legacy also does this with BMD sources, asking for the county and state. I haven't figured out a good way around this one, so I just override the citations by manually entering the correct format. Again, this reduces the need for a billion master sources.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699560976080566224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-18621454045410900412009-06-01T18:29:49.371-07:002009-06-01T18:29:49.371-07:00Hi Randy, I have posted some cut and paste citatio...Hi Randy, I have posted some cut and paste citation templates here http://progenealogists.com/commoncitations.htm . These have been developed over the past several years with ease and clarity in mind and with the help of several professionals, including Kyle J. Betit, Kory Meyerink, MLS, AG, and Elizabeth S. Mills, CG among others.Natalie Cottrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356870976850030224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-30931511830235364692009-06-01T17:34:53.062-07:002009-06-01T17:34:53.062-07:00Randy - The way I choose the Template is based on ...Randy - The way I choose the Template is based on What I am looking at that I want to Cite. Since you mentioned that you are looking at a Census Record at Ancestry.com, I think this is the template to use.<br /><br />* Census, U.S. Federal (Online images)<br />online commercial site; Evidence style; Place and year as lead source list elements; Census ID as lead full note element; Uses :Abbrev function in several fields to substitute abbreviations if entered; if no abbrev data entered, field used as is; Credit line not included in Source List. For 1790 to 1930 (and beyond) Ref: [EE, QC-6, p 240; QS, front cover] <br /><br />The QuickSheet, Evidence! Style, shows. as an example:<br /><br />"1930 U.S. Census, Boyd County, Nebraska, population schedule, Butte Village, Enumeration District (ED) 8-8 sheet 6-A, p. 239 (stamped), dwelling 139, family 142, Christena Fast: digital image, <i> Ancestry.com </i> (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2009), citing National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 1265.<br /><br />Don't know if that helps.<br /><br />RussCousin Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-53808489088358187112009-06-01T17:14:09.118-07:002009-06-01T17:14:09.118-07:00Randy -
I started using Roots Magic last month and...Randy -<br />I started using Roots Magic last month and found that I didn't like the source templates that it used. I did not like that for census records the master source included the county and state therefore giving me a master source for each county and every year that I had a census record for. I also did not like that the author's name on a book is only one entry. When I have books written by societies the citation comes out something like "Society, Ohio Genealogical." I went into the source citation templates from the list menu and created my own. Now I have one master source for each census year instead of multiple master sources for each year. I have also created templates based on Evidence Explained for records that Roots Magic did not have a template, for example pension files. Please let me know if you would like more information about the templates I created. I have been meaning to blog about it when I get a chance.<br />TinaTina Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659702987536188214noreply@blogger.com