Talk:Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)

The "Family Trees" article mentions the concept of citing sources, but the "Cite Your Sources" articles does not mention pedigrees or family trees. Therefore, I'm deleting Family Trees as a related topic.

Diltsgd 17:00, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Source Examples
I was hoping to find a resource for documentation examples. I have the SVPUG book and the book "Evidence" but it is not helpful in showing examples of LDS Source (*s) in PAF. Web searches have been unfruitful or too broad. What about possibly having LDS records documentation examples here in this Wiki? Mullenixbe 23:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

As I created the examples you requested I was struck by how differently these things might be done. Certainly the way I suggest differs markedly from the source citation you get when you download it from the site itself. Diltsgd 00:07, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and even the same census records on the major websites offer different source details. Heritage Quest provides the microfilm roll number and page number, information difficult to determine from Record Search. It echo the wish for citation examples for each database on Record Search. I use Legacy (and their SourceWriter Templates which are based on Elizabeth Shown Mills' book). Lise 19:33, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Citation Format
I believe that Evidence Explained (EE) is so comprehensive, it will serve as a genealogical industry standard for decades and should be adopted as the citation style reference we use herein. Steven Law and I have been studying it closely and would be happy to answer any questions anyone might have about how LDS Sources might be rendered in EE style for the wiki. Robert10:23, 9 April 2008

From every mountainside let freedom ring! This is a Wiki, an ever-changing landscape. Let us encourage others to use this Wiki by encouraging freedom to adopt the style guide of their choice that suits their needs and their own personal style of research. You are welcome to invite someone to use your favorite standard. But please stay away from insisting, or implyng others are doing it wrong if they choose differently than you. Some of us prefer ''The Chicago Manual of Style. Diltsgd 14:22, 10 April 2009 (UTC)''

OK. You convinced me. We should aim for a neutral point of view. Robert 18:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)