Lynn (Schierman) Nordman

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In regard to your grandchildren, if they are under 13, their parents must be members of Wikitree.

Mickey

For your book, I would list it as follows:

Murphy, Sharon Bloomfield. STORY 1788-1973: with information about the families of TUPPER-MCDOWELL-CRAIG.

And, if possible add where and when it was printed or published.

Ancestry.com. You will see many people citing records from FamilySearch.org instead of Ancestry. The stated reason is that that way anyone can access it as FamilySearch. (It is free, but you do have to register.) I also find it is a pain to reformat the citation information on Ancestry. You can access FamilySearch for anyone's profile. However, there is a trick to it. You first have to be signed in another tab on your browser. You also can go directly to FamilySearch and find the citation. For example, I have an ancestor Nicholas Spekczynski. His name is spelled many different ways in records. As I know in the 1905 NY State Census his name is spelled Nicholas Spckenski, I can search under that name and the 1905 Census is the first item that comes up. When you go into the record and click on document info, the information is all nicely formatted under citing this information, so you can just copy and paste into your profile.

"New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVB7-41Y : 8 May 2020), Nicholas Spckenski, Sheridan, A.D. 02, E.D. 01, Chautauqua, New York; citing p. 20, line 7, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,650.

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One thing I am noticing is that I am not seeing sources on your pjrofiles. For Canadians, an excellent place to find census information you can link to your profiles is: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/search/Pages/ancestors-search.aspx

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