> http://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm > > offers numerous examples of citations for electronic sources. Yes, > it differs from ESM. > = > I note with interest, not necessarily approval, that these citations > begin with the author's given name, not the surname. Is that > name-reversal common these days? > = > Cheryl Singhals Cheryl, = I have not checked the above site as yet, but would like to offer this observation. In Elizabeth Shown Mill's Quicksheet and in Evidence!, for bibliographic entries, the Surname is placed first, as is normal, or if the author is, say, an agency of the government, then in its generally accepted bibliographic citation sequence. However, for what I call footnotes and/or endnotes (called "Full Reference Note" in the QuickSheet, and "Primary Citation (Endnotes or Footnotes)" in Evidence!, an author's first name(s) precede(s) the surname. QuickSheet's "Short Reference Notes", Evidence!'s "Subsequent Citations (Endnotes or Footnotes)" the 2nd and following footnote or endnote reference to the same article, database, etc., then usually only the Surname is used (if unique i.e. only one author of this surname is being cited within the writeup), plus a title (article, book, database, etc.) most often shortened, but again unique, so there is no confusion as to what one is referring. Gwen Gwen P. King, B.Sc., M.L.I.S. Lorneville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia e-mail: [email protected]