I often use and save the digital images from "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," at Ancestry.com and like Connie, I find the images problematic for the reasons she stated. I use other sources to find the book number and only look at the transcriptions to see how Ancestry has dealt with the sometimes difficult handwriting.
But this isn't about Ancestry.com; it's about how to source the material from Ancestry.com. I use SourceWriter template for Marriage records > Found in governmental records > Marriage registers > Created at the county level > Online images Here is how I fill in the fields for the master source: Source List Name: Marriage Records - Missouri 1805 - 2002 Jurisdiction State: Missouri Jurisdiction County: [I leave this blank because I don't want 114 Master Sources for Missouri's 114 counties!] Series: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002 Format: Digital images Website Creator: Ancestry.com Website Title: [I leave this blank as it seems redundant to repeat "Ancestry.com" or "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002"] URL: http://www.ancestry.com Date: 2007 In the Source Detail fields I put: Item Type: marriage register Volume: Stoddard County Book 1 [I know it is book 1 from other sources] Page: 251 Person 1 Surname: Crews Person 2 Surname: Saddler Year: 1876 Date Accessed: 4 Jul 2008 Under the Text/Comments tab, I transcribe the marriage record in the top section and enter comments about the source in the bottom section. Here is the end result: Footnote/Endnote Citation: Missouri, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002, Stoddard County Book 1: 251, Crews-Saddler, 1876; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jul 2008). Subsequent Citation: Missouri, marriage register, Stoddard County Book 1: 251, Crews-Saddler, 1876. Bibliography: Missouri. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002. Digital images. Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com : 2007. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirsten Bowman" <vik...@rvi.net> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:37 PM Subject: [BULK] RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record Jenny: I'd also use the SourceWriter Marriage template that you mentioned, but I see a nice feature about Connie's format in that it treats the title of the record set as the lead element whereas the SourceWriter template doesn't. The second example is part of a similar citation generated by SourceWriter. "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Aug 2009) Bell County, Kentucky, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:10 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on Sourcing of marriage record Connie Sheets wrote: > [My apologies that this won't thread properly, but I'm still having to > read the list in the archives]. > > The Missouri Marriage Record images at Ancestry are problematic, IMO, > because Ancestry has not given enough information as to what we are > looking at. Yes, they are apparently using State Archives microfilm > (they don't tell us which microfilm), but it is microfilm of record books > maintained at the county, and they don't tell us which record book. > Sometimes, it is possible by browsing through the images to figure it out, > and when it is, I include that. I ended up citing the database, not the > images per se, because it is such a mess. I used the generic online > database template. > I am curious as to why you are using a database template when your Source is online images. I don't have access to the Ancestry records to which you refer, but I think I would use the Marriage records>Found in Governmental records>Marriage registers>Created at State/Provincial level/Online images template (or something similar if that isn't an exact match) and add the further detail - where known - at Soiurce Detail level. This is how I approach very similar English records with images on Ancestry. Where the Source details are incomplete (or incorrect, as sometimes happens with Ancestry!) I note this in the Source Detail Comments. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
