Talk given in 2009 at the annual Sydney TMG Conference about how to create and use custom source types to allow accurate citations.

1. How to cite your sources the way you want Custom Source Types

2. How to create a properly-cited source in TMG 2 Carole Riley - May 2009

3. Source Categories in TMG follow one of two standards: “Evidence” by Elizabeth Shown Mills “Cite Your Sources” by Richard S. Lackey Or one of your own making – Custom (OK, three standards) “Evidence Explained” by Elizabeth Shown Mills (2008) Archives fact sheets State Records NSW Archives in Brief No. 10 – “Citing State Archives” National Archives of Australia fact Sheet 7 – “Citing archival records” 3 Carole Riley - May 2009 What is a “properly-cited” source?

4. Definition: “Source types specify which characteristics of the source are to be recorded, and how the footnotes and bibliography entries will be formatted.”1 Characteristics – title, author, publisher, date, publisher location, etc Format – how to arrange these characteristics when citing the source – order, punctuation 1. Terry Reigel, A Primer for The Master Genealogist(Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2008), 46. Source Types 4 Carole Riley - May 2009

5. These are the characteristics of the source. Source Groups = Source citation FIELDS Source Elements = Source citation field LABELS There are 32 Source Groups (fields) – can use each one only once, but in any order Use Source Elements (labels) to make data entry easier when creating Source in Master Source List Source Groups and Source Elements 5 Carole Riley - May 2009

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7. Full footnote – where you cite the source for a specific piece of information, includes “Citation Detail” Short footnote – short version of full footnote for subsequent citations of same source, includes “Citation Detail” Bibliography – list of sources at the end of the book, report, chart, etc. Shown in Output form tab Source Citations – 3 templates 7 Carole Riley - May 2009

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10. Hoffman, Lee H. (editor). Getting the Most out of The Master Genealogist. Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2003. Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007. National Archives of Australia. Fact sheet 7 – Citing archival records. Website. http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs07.aspx, retrieved 17 May 2009. Reigel, Terry. A Primer for The Master Genealogist. Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2008. Reigel, Terry. Working with Source Elements and Groups. Website. Terry Reigel. Terry’s TMG Tips. http://tmg.reigelridge.com/Source-Elements.htm: last updated 5 May 2006. State Records New South Wales. Archives in Brief No. 10 – Citing State archives. Website. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-10, retrieved 17 May 2009. Bibliography 10 Carole Riley - May 2009