Cynthia -- Assuming that Bill Jones is the author of the material being cited (webmaster is irrelevant) and that this is a reference note: Bill Jones, "The Ancestry of Jesse James," *James History and Family* (www.yzzx.urp : viewed 30 February 2015). Depending on the relevance, you might then add any helpful comments for those trying assess the credibility of the material, such as "The page appears untouched since its 2003 copyright, so it may be accurate in its statements about earlier events, even though it does not mention Mr. James's 2010 exhumation." Hope this helps! Harold Harold Henderson, CG midwestroots.net *Finding Ancestors in Fort Wayne: The Genealogist's Unofficial One-Stop Guide to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center * http://www.midwestroots.net/ <http://www.midwestroots.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ACPLGC-April-2013.pdf> Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Cynthia Swope via < [email protected]> wrote: > Is this the proper format for a website managed by the author showing > publication 2003, untouched since being placed on web? > > The hypothetical author/ webmaster is Bill Jones--the publishing portion > is the one i'm having trouble with > The first is what came in 'Citation Machine' utilizing MLA > ( > http://old.citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1&mode=form&reqsrcid=MLAWebDocument > ), > but unless giving a month and day the year doesn't show. So I added > 'n.d.' before year. > > Which if either is most correct or the form others use? > > 1) Jones, Bill, "Webpage", Website (in italics), Bill Jones, n.d. 2003. > Web. 18 March 2015, URL to page (which site mentions optional) > > I had had it: > 2) Jones, Bill, "webpage", Website (in italics), Web: Bill Jones, n.d. > 2003 (URL; date accessed). > > Thanks for your opinions, > Cynthia > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Harold for your thoughtful reply, I'm afraid this makes the citation too long, in my opinion, as the publishing date should be addressed concisely as it is confirmed as 2003. So my real question, as I want to put publication date just as I would with conventionally published material, how to do that, and then the vehicle is the Web (instead of say Harper and Row. I don't like all the periods in the MLA one regarding publisher, normally I put place first, then publisher, then date in conventional publications for instance Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886. As the publisher is the the author...'Self Published' I guess would work too. So I'm still back to choosing between these two, and I guess in the end I'll go with the second. I've just never seen it as "Web: publisher, n.d. 2003" 1) Jones, Bill, "Webpage", Website (in italics), Bill Jones, n.d. 2003. Web. 18 March 2015, URL to page (which citemachine mentions optional) [MLA format] I had had it: 2) Jones, Bill, "webpage", Website (in italics), Web: Bill Jones, n.d. 2003 (URL; date accessed). Thanks again for any response(s) Cynthia On 3/18/15 3:08 PM, Harold Henderson via wrote: > Cynthia -- > > Assuming that Bill Jones is the author of the material being cited > (webmaster is irrelevant) and that this is a reference note: > > Bill Jones, "The Ancestry of Jesse James," *James History and Family* > (www.yzzx.urp : viewed 30 February 2015). > > Depending on the relevance, you might then add any helpful comments for > those trying assess the credibility of the material, such as "The page > appears untouched since its 2003 copyright, so it may be accurate in its > statements about earlier events, even though it does not mention Mr. > James's 2010 exhumation." > > Hope this helps! > > Harold > > Harold Henderson, CG midwestroots.net > > *Finding Ancestors in Fort Wayne: The Genealogist's Unofficial One-Stop > Guide to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center * > http://www.midwestroots.net/ > <http://www.midwestroots.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ACPLGC-April-2013.pdf> > > Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 > Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks > of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the > Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation > and used under license by the Board’s associates. > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Cynthia Swope via < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Is this the proper format for a website managed by the author showing >> publication 2003, untouched since being placed on web? >> >> The hypothetical author/ webmaster is Bill Jones--the publishing portion >> is the one i'm having trouble with >> The first is what came in 'Citation Machine' utilizing MLA >> ( >> http://old.citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1&mode=form&reqsrcid=MLAWebDocument >> ), >> but unless giving a month and day the year doesn't show. So I added >> 'n.d.' before year. >> >> Which if either is most correct or the form others use? >> >> 1) Jones, Bill, "Webpage", Website (in italics), Bill Jones, n.d. 2003. >> Web. 18 March 2015, URL to page (which site mentions optional) >> >> I had had it: >> 2) Jones, Bill, "webpage", Website (in italics), Web: Bill Jones, n.d. >> 2003 (URL; date accessed). >> >> Thanks for your opinions, >> Cynthia >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message