How do I cite sources found on Ancestry.com?

lyleclugg1

How do I cite sources found on Ancestry.com?

I have been using FS for years, but I always feel inadequate when trying to cite a source I find on Ancestry.com. Is there a video or a "cheat sheet" that I can use to guide me through the process?

 

Thanks for your help.

Brett .

@lyleclugg1 lyleclugg1​ 

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Lyle

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Here are a few Articles in the 'FamilySearch' "Wiki':

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[ They are NOT in any particular order ... ]

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How to Create Source Citations for the FamilySearch Family Tree

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/How_to_Create_Source_Citations_for_the_FamilySearch_Family_Tree

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Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cite_Your_Sources_(Source_Footnotes)

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[ About the "Wiki", rather than "Sources" ... but, may help ... ]

FamilySearch Wiki:Source Citation Formats

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Source_Citation_Formats

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Examples of Genealogical Source Citations (National Institute)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Examples_of_Genealogical_Source_Citations_(National_Institute)

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Citing Online Sources

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Citing_Online_Sources

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[ About the "Wiki", rather than "Sources" ... but, may help ... ]

Help:How to Add Citations

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Help:How_to_Add_Citations

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[ About the "Wiki", rather than "Sources" ... but, may help ... ]

FamilySearch Wiki talk:Source Citation Formats

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki_talk:Source_Citation_Formats

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Citations (Evidence Style)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Citations_(Evidence_Style)

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Talk:Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Talk:Cite_Your_Sources_(Source_Footnotes)

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Transfer the Information

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Transfer_the_Information

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Help talk:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Help_talk:How_to_Cite_FamilySearch_Collections

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Source Citations in Professional Reports (National Institute)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Source_Citations_in_Professional_Reports_(National_Institute)

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Citation Baby Steps

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Citation_Baby_Steps

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Crafting a Genealogical Source Citation (National Institute)

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Crafting_a_Genealogical_Source_Citation_(National_Institute)

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RootsTech ... 2018

How to Create Source Citations for Genealogy Research

https://www.rootstech.org/blog/how-to-create-source-citations-for-genealogy-research?lang=eng

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And, a few from 'outside' ...

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The Ancestry Insider

FamilySearch Citation Report Card ... Friday, August 31, 2012

http://www.ancestryinsider.org/2012/08/familysearch-citation-report-card.html

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Wiki Tree

How do you cite Ancestry sources? ... 1 of 2

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/720571/how-do-you-cite-ancestry-sources

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Wiki Tree

How to cite Ancestry sources? ... 2 of 2

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/231345/how-to-cite-ancestry-sources

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Wiki Tree

Source citations for FamilySearch images not yet in a collection

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/687794/source-citations-for-familysearch-images-not-yet-collection

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Dummies

How to Cite Your Sources in Ancestry.com

https://www.dummies.com/relationships/genealogy/how-to-cite-your-sources-in-ancestry-com/

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The "Modern Language Association", Style Centre

How do I cite information from a scanned document on a genealogy site?

https://style.mla.org/citing-documents-genealogy-sites/

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Ancestry.com

Advanced Research Tip: Always Cite Your Sources and What does that Mean Anyway?

https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/advanced-research-tip-always-cite-your-sources-and-what-does-that-mean-anyway?

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Cindi's List

Citing Sources » Forms & Citation Generators

https://www.cyndislist.com/citing/forms-and-citation-generators/

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University of Wisconsin (System)

School Library Education Consortium

Genealogy Project: Citing Sources

https://uwsslec.libguides.com/c.php?g=248430&p=1655413

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FamilyTree Magazine .com

Software Source Citations Made Easy

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/organization/software-source-citations-made-easy/

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Genealogy . com

How to Cite Sources

Recording Where Your Find Information

https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/19_wylie.html

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Whew ...

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Information overload ...

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I hope these help.

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Brett

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lyleclugg1

Brett, thanks for your answer. I should be able to find what I'm looking for in the list you provided.

JeffWiseman

Brett has provided a good list on source handling in general, but here is a summary of what I do:

 

1) When I've found a source in Ancestry.com, I first go to the FS site and see if I can find the same Historical record there. Occasionally I can't find sources that ARE in the FS databases but the search tool is just inadequate to find it. When I've found it in Ancestry, the details from the record can make it easier to find in FS. If their is an incorrect indexing of a name, sometimes Ancestry can find it when FS cannot, even though it might already be in the FS database. IF available, I prefer to use the local FS sources over Ancestry sources because of the frustrations it can cause for people that work primarily in the FSFT.

 

2) If you have a church account in Ancestry, you can attach the source to the person in the Ancestry tree and then sync it to the FSFT.

 

3) By far the easiest, if you just go to a page in your browser that you want, you can run the RecordSeek bookmark which will create a source and attach it to whoever you wanted it on in the FSFT. See https://recordseek.com for how to set that up.

 

BTW, RecordSeek can be installed as a Bookmark or a browser extension. When they started doing the extension that adds a button to your browser it didn't work so well for me so I continued to use the bookmark. They may have improved the extensions part of it by now.