Even though Ms. Mills way of citing sources isn't globally known or
accepted, the most important thing is making sure that your citations are
CONSISTENT and that is why she wrote the book in the first place. As long
as you are using a CONSISTENT system then just stick with what you use. Ms.
Mills took the best of several different systems to make something that
would work for all of the unique things that genealogists cite (like census
records).
Here in the US, Ms .Mills' system has been the format used by most
professional genealogists though not everyone adheres to it and that is ok.
Consistency is the most important thing along with making sure you record
enough information that someone that comes behind you would be able to
easily find the source you cited.
I also adhere to Ms. Mills' formats in her book "Professional Genealogy" in
regard to the way reports are written. Again, it is consistency that is
important. If you do it the same way every time is it less likely you will
forget something.
Michele
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