Regarding FreeBMD (or any of the FreeUKGEN resources), you might be interested in the thread at: https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/citing-online-database-no-obvious-name, since it includes some example citations.. Tony Proctor ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hanson via" <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> To: "'John Firr'" <Johnfirr@yahoo.co.uk>; <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [FHU] Repositories > John > > A birth certificate is a source in its own right - the source for the BMD > indexes should be something like "Gro Indexes" > > A better example might be a marriage certificate. The copy you get from > the > GRO will not be the same as the copy of the same marriage shall we say > from > Ancestry. Nor will it be the same as a transcript on BMD Registers and > possibly different from that on Lancashire OPC. > > A repository on the other hand is the place that you would go to get a > copy > of the certificate. This can be your own collection, the record office > that > holds the original, in the case of BMD indexes possibly the GRO > > Regards > John Hanson > Researcher, The Halsted Trust > Website - www.halstedresearch.org.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John > Firr > via > Sent: 29 October 2015 09:09 > To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Repositories > > I sent a mail yesterday about sources etc and thanks for the prompt > response, look forward to the updated v6 manual. I spent last night > looking > again at the topic and it finally clicked so I now understand the > difference > between a repository, source and citation. > Does anyone have a simple set up for generic repositories? Example is a > birth certificate may exist as a paper copy I own. A reference from bmd > registers or just a quick find on ancestry. In these three cases would you > always put the repository as the general records office? > Sorry I know this sounds a daft question but I want to get the referencing > right Regards John Firr > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message