What a small world! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mary Figgins - Another Topekan here.
Bob ---- Mary Figgins wrote: ============= I agree. My citations for censuses are actually Household of Jesse Root. 1920 Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka, Ward 4, ED 53, page 61. I figure anyone should be able to find the reference from that. The rest of the census entry is where the paper copy is stored, where I located the census under respository and the text of the census. Mary Beth Figgins Kirsten Bowman wrote: Keith: I think Elizabeth Shown Mills' _Evidence Explained_ is an invaluable reference tool for formatting source citations but I also think some of the formats are extreme overkill and can be far too time-consuming. If you're expecting to publish a book or an article, or if you're a professional researcher, you probably can't go wrong by following Mills' examples. If you're a hobbyist, I feel it's sufficient with a US census citation to simply use country, state, county, city, ED, and page number. If you or someone else can't relocate the listing with all that information then it might be a hopeless case. There are reasons for including film numbers, line numbers and all the rest, but what are the chances that out of the possibly hundreds or even thousands of census sources you cite someone will actually follow that path? I'd rather spend my time searching for ancestors than crafting scholarly source citations. Let common sense be your guide. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of GeoSci Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:43 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] A Census Question Depending upon where I get my information - US Census rcords seem to have very different numbers. For some - the only numbers I could get might read: Series T623, Roll 1393, Page 59 while for another it might read: Family History Library # 1255207, NA Film # T9-1207, Page 523D and yet for another: Roll T9-1043, Page 294C Obviously these are from different sources (Heritage Quest, FamilySearchLabs, Family Search, Lost Cousins, etc.) - but are they coordinated anywhere? Which of these are needed and which are a waste of time and energy? I do have State, County and Town (or Township) - so that detail is there... Advise? Clarification? Thanks Keith -- Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Bob Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
