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Subject: [TGF] Question on "rule" for citations
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:55:49 -0400

I am working on a compiled lineage.  I am struggling with two issues
and was hoping for advice:
(1) How to eliminate some of the
repetition on my footnotes: I find that for the children of the couple who
link with a previous generation, there is much in common, especially as I
use those footnotes to discuss resources that do not have information
(otherise someone reading the lineage would not be aware that those
sources were checked).  For example, I might explain that church records
no longer exist for the year in question in that jurisdiction.  If I
explain that the records do not exist for the first child, do I need to
repeat that information for the subsequent children (and there are many)
or can I assume the reader will know since the jurisdiction is the
same?
(2) Since I am proving linking each generation via one person
in a married couple, I find that for the children or spouses of that
person, the footnotes are where I place the proofs for date of birth and
death.  I know that footnotes should be for citations but it appears that
they are also the only appropriate place for these proofs as well.  Is
this the case or am I incorrect?
I look forward to comments from
those of you who are more experienced with these issues.
Mara
Fein, PhD

www.ancestrywest.com
310-487-5150

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