Birth Certificate Citations

ricm · Post by **ricm** » 13 Mar 2011 16:51

I have looked at the excellent tutorial on adding a Birth Cerificate source and using auto-citations. It indicates that some 9-11 citations might be involved.

The second part of the How-To (where individuals and families have been entered previously) simply states that a citation can be added to almost any fact.

The following assumes a source record has been created.

I already have the individuals and families entered so it is a matter of adding Birth Certificate Citations to existing data. I have identified the following citations:

1 Name of the child
2 Birth of the child at
3 Residence of the child at
4 Name of the father
5 Occupation of the father at
6 Residence of the father at
7 Name of the mother
8 Residence of the mother at
9 Name of the informant at
10 Address of the informant at

9 and 10 may be the father, mother, relation or someone completely unrelated. If the latter then possibly ignore the informant apart from a mention in Text from Source?

Does this just about cover all the citations for a Birth Certificate?

Thanks,
Ric

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 13 Mar 2011 21:14

If you use Auto-Source, you will also possibly get whole record source citations for the Child, Mother and Father.

ricm · Post by **ricm** » 13 Mar 2011 22:04

Jane, thank you

What is a 'whole record source citation'? Because the individual records already exist can such citations be added afterwards?

Thanks,
Ric

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 14 Mar 2011 10:21

Yes, on the Source Part of the Property box, just drop down the list and select Whole Record.

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