inline citings using images

Question

I have got marriage certificates etc and I have put in the citings see images, is this ok or is there another way of doing this

Comments

I don't want to be hypercritical, but it would be better if you leave better sources.  For example, you have:

• 1911 census:

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion OBrien John 40 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic OBrien Bridget 39 Female Wife Roman Catholic OBrien Susan 18 Female Daughter Roman Catholic OBrien Michael 16 Male Son Roman Catholic OBrien Catherine 14 Female Daughter Roman Catholic OBrien Francis 6 Male Son Roman Catholic OBrien Bridget 2 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

That's pretty hard to read and it doesn't tell me where to find the source so I can examine it and make an evaluation.  That is pretty much what sourcing is for.  This is how I would write the source:

• 1911 census:
• Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911, database and digital images, "1911 England Census," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 April 2018); citing Class: RG14; Piece: 3923; Schedule Number: 136
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• This examples shows that I found the source on Ancestry, but is includes information about the original source so someone could easily find the correct Class, Piece, and Schedule Number.  This information is easy because it is basically cut and paste.  For the information contained you should make bullet points, or some other way to list:

: Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion

* OBrien John 40 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic

* OBrien Bridget 39 Female Wife Roman Catholic

* OBrien Susan 18 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

* OBrien Michael 16 Male Son Roman Catholic

* OBrien Catherine 14 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

* OBrien Francis 6 Male Son Roman Catholic

* OBrien Bridget 2 Female Daughter Roman Catholic

It's just easier to read.

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Thank you Lucy to be honest I am not happy with that either and in the process of trying to finding the citing for it as they are on the irish genealogy site and I do not have access to ancestry or find my past and I do get frustrated with myself sometimes

Answer 1

Stephanie, your way is fine although I would include information in the citation about where the certificate can be found.  Another way to do it would be to display the image in the citation footnote, which I often do.  You can see my father's profile for an example.

Comments

Thank you Gaile

That looks complicated to me :)

Might just leave it as see in images