Thank you Jenny. Another problem I have is that the events took place in Chicago, and all records except some church records (and other possible private records) were destroyed by the great Chicago fire of 1871, making it harder to find anything before that time period. This thread could be a good lesson for newbies.
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > 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/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman > /listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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