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Source and Citation Best Practices?

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I always try to document what I know about where my genealogy facts come from (in FTM).

 

Now that I am trying TMG7, I'd like to keep this up and actually clean up my master source list.

I got some naming ideas from this thread.

 

Now I'd like to solicit general wisdom on best practices for documenting sources in the master source list,

and also for entering citations.

 

One book I had suggested reading Evidence!.. by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

If anyone wants to suggest any specific books, great - please do!

But I was hoping more for a list of good practices I can immediately put to use,

as I go about cleaning up my old FTM source list that is now in TMG7.

So if you've learned anything the hard way, or otherwise have helpful tips, could you share them with me?

 

One specific question: how do you document info that comes from conversations with relatives?

Or info you know yourself (I know the addresses of my siblings!!!).

 

thanks,

strathglass.

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I think if you are looking for "best practices" then Elizabeth Shown Mills' latest book Evidence Explained would be the best place to start (and possibly end. :D ) Of course, as she has often said herself, these are guidelines and you should tailor your citation methods to your publication needs.

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For more suggestions, check out the TMG rootsweb mailing list. Links to subscribe, read the archives, or use the Search engine are listed below:

 

To subscribe:

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html

 

Monthly archives (set the display to 'threaded' for quick scanning of messages):

March: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TMG/2008-03

April archives will be: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TMG/2008-04

 

Search engine (enter a date of 2008 to limit the results):

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=TMG

 

Virginia

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Unfortunately I don't see that one at the library.
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained, "Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace". Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-8063-1781-6.

 

I bought it from the Wholly Genes store but I have heard it is available elsewhere.

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