I follow the advice of Elizabeth Shown Mills -- author of "Evidence! : Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian" -- regarding LDS and census film references. She recommends using the FHL in Salt Lake City and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., respectively, as the source repositories. I think her reasoning is that those are the central repositories for these kinds of micropublications. If you referenced the specific Family History Center, say, in Cleveland, OH, those who are inexperienced with LDS records might erroneously think that it is only available in Cleveland. Likewise, I view census microfilms at the local university library, but I always list the source repository as the National Archives and use NARA's micropublication and roll #'s because my local university's numbering system will mean very little to someone searching for the same film at their local library. As for source titles and IDs... for FHL films I use the same title as referenced in the micropublication, e.g., "Death Records, Kalkaska county, Michigan, 1881-1904" with a source ID of "Death 0039." For census films, I again follow Ms. Mills' advice and refer to it in a descriptive way, "1880 U.S. census, Michigan, Kalkaska county, Excelsior township" with the source ID as "MI 0067." Yes, there is redundancy of some information in the titles and IDs, but I'd rather be clear about it than confused. My personal opinion is that the source repository (archive, library, etc.) does not need to be referenced in the source ID, but others may disagree. Kathy Bovenschen <[email protected]> >------------------------------ > >X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 18:02:35 -0700 >From: helen graves <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Clooz] Source ID -- what do you use? > >I am in a quandry and need advice. > >What do you use as a source when you found the >record/info on an LDS >film? > >I have seen: > >FHL Film No. >FHC Film No. >LDS Film No. > >I am inclined to use FHL (Family History Library), >but what is the >correct one to use? > >OK, now what do you use when it was a census film >you read at a Natl >Archives? > >-- Helen >