On 25-May-17 03:26 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
1. Quite some time ago, I browsed many, many church records to find 4
records pertaining to my tree. Browsing took many hours. They are
written in German, and I can't read most of the information. When I
found the records, I cropped the images heavily, only saving a copy
of the records themselves. I did not record where I found them.
Yesterday I spent an hour or so trying to find the records again, so
I could properly cite them, but no luck. Obviously, the events did
happen because I have the printed records. But if I can't find them
online, surely another person would have a hard, if not impossible
time finding them. Since some citing of records is better than none,
how can / I cite those elusive records? They pertain to marriages
and christenings./
The first thing I would do is publish as much as you know in as many
places as possible - mailing lists, newsgroups, FB, blog etc - to see if
someone else can help you find the elusive records. (I have just
received invaluable information which traced a relative by posting a
request on a genealogy newsgroup.)
Failing finding the source of your printout, I would cite that printed
image as the Source, with explanation in the Source Comments. If you
use SourceWriter You could adapt one of the "Church Record" templates,
but I think I'd be inclined to use one from "Photographs, Portraits &
Sketches" since what you have is, to all intents and purposes, a
photograph (of a record.)
--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
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