Hi Barton, You may find the information on the series in the catalogue, if any. Not being American I often have to adapt templates and ignore fields that don't apply. EE is a great guide but doesn't cover all non-US sources and covers some non-US sources badly. For US sources she gives priority to how the National Archives catalogue. She states she follows the Chicago Manual of Style and the National Archives of the USA. For non-US sources, she doesn't give the same courtesy to their National Archives citing advice.
My rule of thumb is to record what is recorded in the archive catalogue and/or what is needed for someone else to get a copy. If you didn't need the "Series" in order to obtain the document, then it likely is irrelevant to this particular source. However if it's in the catalogue then the archivist probably needed it to find the will for you, so it should be added. Another clue - if the wills are indexed, is the Series in the Index? if not, one would assume it's not needed. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: > > In Section 10.30 of EE, E S Mills treats how to cite wills. If the > will is in a bound volume, she wants you to cite a “series†– the > larger group within which the particular will book is found. I don’t > really see the point of this – if you have the will book number, that > should be enough. Legacy’s source template based on this section asks > for the series too – understandably, since it’s based on EE’s format. > I did not ask for the series when I ordered the will and I don’t > particularly want to call or email the Fairfield County, Ohio Probate > Court them to get that information. Does anyone also not do this? > > Thanks, > > Barton 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
