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• A Note about Sources

  Descriptions, opinions and helpful insight into source documentation, primary evidence and more, from the personal web site of Marty Grant.

• Ancestry.com - Learning Center - Learn More

  Thousands of FREE, searchable how-to articles from Ancestry.com publications such as Ancestry Magazine, the Ancestry Weekly Discovery and the Ancestry Monthly Update.

  • A Cite For Sore Eyes - Quality Citations for Electronic Genealogy Sources

    Article by Mark Howells.

  • Citing the Messages

    Article by Drew Smith.

  • Proving Your Past: Quickly and Easily Adding Source Citations to Your Online Family Tree

    Article by Jana Lloyd.

  • Serious Citations

    Article from Along Those Lines... by George G. Morgan.

  • There’s Been a Citing!

    Article by George G. Morgan.

• Cite Right - A Source Citation Initiative | GeneaBloggers

• Citing Your Sources

  From the Board for Certification of Genealogists - Skill Building - September 1995.

• Evidence Explained

  Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage. By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Evidence Explained (Facebook)

  By Elizabeth Shown Mills.

• Genealogists' Guide to Documentation and Citing Sources

  A free eBook from Unpuzzling Your Past by Emily Anne Croom.

• Genealogy Citation Guides | ProGenealogists

  • Common Genealogy Citations | ProGenealogists

  • Genealogy Citation Elements | ProGenealogists

  • Genealogy Citation Guide | ProGenealogists

• Genealogy Source Citations Quick Reference

  By Thomas MacEntee, geneabloggers.com.

• Genealogy.com - How To Cite Sources

  Article by John Wylie.

• Genealogy.com - Why Bother? The Value of Documentation in Family History Research

  By Kory Meyerink, MLS, AG.

• Genealogy.com: Citing Your Sources - Q & A with Carla Ridenour

• Guidelines for Using Records Repositories and Libraries

  Recommended by the National Genealogical Society.

• Producing Quality Research Notes

  From the Board for Certification of Genealogists - Skill Building - January 1997.

• RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - Lesson 12: Creating Worthwhile Genealogies: Evidence, Sources, Documentation, and Citation

• Silicon Valley PAF Users Group

  San Jose, California.

  • Documentation Guidelines

    The second edition of the revised Family History Documentation Guidelines is a collection of detailed recommendations, instructions, and examples for entering source documentation.

• Simple Citations: Making Life Easier for Family Historians

  Citing genealogical sources shouldn't be a nightmare. Simple Citations is an approach to documenting your materials and takes greatly facilitates the process.

• Source Citations: Getting it “Right,” part four

  From Planting the Seeds by Michael Hait.

• Source Citations: Getting it “Right,” part one

  From Planting the Seeds by Michael Hait.

• Source Citations: Getting it “Right,” part three

  From Planting the Seeds by Michael Hait.