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From: Harold Henderson <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] citation help
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:06:35 -0600
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Melinda -- Good question. I agree with both of you. -- Harold (not snowed
in...yet!)

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Kelly Holderbaum <>wrote:

> Hello Melinda
> I would lean towards #2, it would make the certificate a little more
> difficult to locate. With the certificate # anyone could pull the record
> quickly.
> Kelly Holderbaum
> snowed in at Norton, Ohio
>
>
> --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Melinda Henningfield <> wrote:
>
> From: Melinda Henningfield <>
> Subject: [TGF] citation help
> To:
> Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 7:09 PM
>
> I am writing about determining a birth date. This information will be
> seen by others not related to the person of interest. An important
> piece of information is found on the birth certificate of a living
> person. How do I cite the birth certificate without divulging
> information about a living person?
>
> These are two examples I have considered:
>
> 1. Kentucky State Board of Health, birth certificate 12345, (1916),
> [name withheld to protect a living individual]; Bureau of Vital
> Statistics, Frankfort.
>
> 2. Kentucky State Board of Health, birth certificate [number and name
> withheld to protect a living individual] (1916); Bureau of Vital
> Statistics, Frankfort.
>
> I lean toward example 2.
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Melinda Henningfield
>
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Harold Henderson
Research and Writing from NW Indiana
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