Melanie; The field that you refer to is "Date Record was made". This is a small, but significant difference. I use this mainly for two kinds of records; censuses and death certificates. For the censuses I enter the actual date that the census was TAKEN by the enumerator. This is (almost always) shown at the top of each page of the censuses. Perhaps it would have been better if I had used the Official date of the census. The actual date is usually a few days to two months following the official date. When I use the age as recorded on the census this date helps me to calculate the actual birth date. I realize that the age SHOULD (itallics intended) be as of the official date of the census (e.g. 15 April 1910 for the 1910 US Census), but people do not always listen to what the enumerator said nor did the enumerator always explain that ages should be as of the offical date of that census. For the death certificates I enter the date when that record was officially entered into the county office where it was first registered. I find that death certificates can contain several dates including date of death, date the physician signed the certificate, date the individual was released to the mortuary and date the record was registered at the county health department. For a marriage record the date entered in this field can be the date that the county clerk received and recorded the Ministers Return. I hope this is of some help. Richard L. Halliday West Linn, Oregon -- A Fair, Green land (polluted mainly by bad politicians and fuzzy minded individuals) Melanie Petersen wrote: > Under the citation detail on the source screen, there is a field for > "Date Citation was made." What exactly does this mean? A publication > date? There is already a space for publication info. > > Thanks, > Melanie