Some people seem to always live near the border. My Trautvetter family lived near political borders in Germany, Kentucky, and Illinois. Knowing that helps my research and having printed maps is often easier than constantly using images on my computer. This map shows Helmershausen, Germany, clearly indicating it’s position relative to what were several Thuringian states at the time. Borders in Germany (like much of Europe) were in flux for some time. The small village was located in what was the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach but bordered several other Thuringen states. The town was abbreviated on the map–written as “Helmersh’sn.” I was fortunate it was not abbreviated in some other way that made it more difficult to locate. Some printed maps do not show every town. The very […]
Generally speaking at the very basic level, genealogists should cite: conclusions that were not their own (who said it, when and where it was published) ; statements made in documents (the document and how you got it); images they didn’t make (where it came from, who made it, etc.); conclusions they reached (how you reached it and what was used to reach it). Of course permissions to use materials may be required in some cases and one should never indicate that they said or wrote something when it was actually someone else who said or wrote it. The details of citing are more specific than this, but this is a good place to start and a good set of generalities to keep in mind. And remember…the genealogy world […]
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