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From: "Natalie Cottrill" <>
Subject: FW: [APG] Source citation
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:19:38 -0600


Pat,

When I cite digital images from online publications, I create them in this
way:

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Probate file for Margaret Smith, filed 19xx, #24856, "St. Louis
Probate Court Digitization Project: 1802 - 1900" (Online: Missouri State
Archives, 2004) [Digital image of microfilmed original records in the
Missouri State Archives], <http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/stlprobate/>;,
accessed xx August 2004.

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The probate file represents a digital image (a derivative) taken from a
digital publication. So, I've always felt that these digital images need to
be cited differently than we would an original (non-derivative) record. I'm
sure there are other opinions.

This footnote includes:
- the name of decedent,
- year probate was originally filed,
- the certificate number,
- the name of the database from which it was taken,
- the name of the group that published the database,
- an editorial comment that the source you examined was a digital image,
- the URL of the database,
- and the date that the database was accessed.

Perhaps we could better find the record again, and/or understand the nature
of what you examined with this citation.

PS. I love these St. Louis databases - they're great and have helped with
several projects I've completed. Yeah, Missouri!

Natalie Cottrill
ProGenealogists, Inc.
PO Box 900188
Sandy, UT 84090-0188
(801) 596-3230 - Main Office
(801) 699-9470 - Mobile
(801) 596-3380 - Fax
http://www.progenealogists.com

ProGenealogists, Inc. 2004, All rights reserved.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Stamm [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 10:28 AM
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Subject: RE: [APG] Source citation


The Missouri Archives put an online index with scanned images on their
website. For my main source, I have it listed as the following:

Missouri. Missouri State Archives. St. Louis Probate 1800 to 1900 Index
electronic database with scanned images on line at
<http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/>;. Missouri State Archives, Jefferson
City, MO.

For the footnote, I use:
Margaret Smith, scanned probate file 24856, Missouri State Archives, Office
of Probate Court, St. Louis City, Missouri.

Some suggestions please.

Pat
Patricia Walls Stamm, CGRS
CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, is a Service Mark of the
Board for Certification of Genealogists and used under license by
Board-certified persons who meet program standards and periodic rigorous
evaluations. http://www.BCGcertification.org/




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