> > 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? > > > > I have no problem with my bibliography showing Allen Xavier, Barbara > > Yurs, Charles Wier, David Urias, Elsie Truelove, and so on, but I > > can't help thinking that as soon as I arrange them that way, someone > > will have a cow when Xavier, Allen or Wier, Charles or Truelove, > > Elsie isn't where they're looking ... > > > > "Cheryl Singhals" <[email protected]> > > It'll get awfully complicated (especially for indexing) when the > citation list contains a mixture of refs from electronic and > hardcopy material. Surely it's better to come up with a single > format? > > I tend to use the same one I use professionally - Surname, Forename > (or initials), (other authors), year, title, location. Of course, > certificates are another matter. > > Lesley Robertson Yeah. Hard enough to remember whether the italics are newspaper names or journal articles, without having to figure out whether it's an e-article, or an e-copy of a hard-copy article, or a hard-copy of an e-article ... Cheryl singhals <[email protected]>