Hi Jennie, this is how I enter this source (which I have been consulting
very frequently!!):
Source List Name: Military: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
[Ancestry.com database] - I note that it is a database here because
sometimes I have sources from two different locations. For example,
sometimes I have visited a cemetery for one person and taken my own photo,
and other times I have only consulted the online database for another person
buried there.
Title: "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," subscription
database, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» - the formatting shows as a hyperlink on my
web site
Publication Facts:
«a href="http://www.ancestry.com"»www.ancestry.com«/a»
Comments (not to print in reports with the source, but only to go on my web
site as additional information of interest): National Archives and Records
Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration
Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration.
Repository: Web Site: Ancestry.com - databases
Detail: card for Robert Lloyd Rich, from National Archives microfilm
1557024, precinct 513, Decatur, GA, accessed 6 Mar 2006
This is fairly close to the format suggested in ES Mills' Quick Sheet (and
in her book *Evidence*). The only big difference is that her printed format
includes the "accessed date" right behind the link to the web site. I put
the accessed date in with the detail because I access different names on
different dates, but I list the web site as part of the master source since
it relates to all the entries.
I wish Legacy would allow users to customize the printed order of each
component of a master source and citation. This would help us stay in line
with the closest thing we have as a standard in the genealogy field - the
writings on Ms. Mills.
For examples of how I used this source and other sources, please see my web
site at: www.roots2buds.net.
Keep in mind, the most important thing is for someone to be able to follow
your source back to its root. Format is secondary, but still important (in
my opinion). Mine may not be best for all researchers, but it works for me
(for now!).
Hope this helps...
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, Georgia (note that I now *always* spell out the state for those
abroad!)
www.roots2buds.net
Jennie Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To the people who have entered data from this source
What do you suggest is the best approach to structure this? How do you
define the Master Source? What have you learned while working on this?
Thank you in advance for your ideas!
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