Posts in December 13, 2024

Normally when we cite a printed book in our genealogy research, it’s not necessary to indicate in our citation the specific library where we utilized a print copy of the book. If there’s five hundred copies of the book, others can use a different copy of it in a different library. There are two main exceptions to this. If the book was known to have been printed in a small run and there are an extremely limited number of copies in existence and locating one was particularly difficult including a parenthetical comment about where the book is at in a citation can be helpful, but is not necessary given that most library’s card catalogs are easily accessible online. Similarly, if the book wasn’t actually published, but was rather […]