Posts in January 21, 2017

Citing sources frustrates some researchers. They worry about format, style, and the appropriate placement of punctuation. Don’t fret over such things. As we will see your concern should be over your cousin in Santa Fe. If you put a date of an event in your genealogical database, include the reason. It could be death certificate for John Q. Rampley in the Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, courthouse birth certificate for Susanna Rucker in the Orange County, Virginia, courthouse family bible in possession of my aunt, Mrs. Donna Askme Questions personal memory–he died after I graduated high school personal memory–they married before we moved to Idaho Purists will frown at these citations. Let the the frown lines be their own reward. Are there a few minor details missing? Yes. Is […]