Thank you Elizabeth and Kathy for you insights. In response to your questions Elizabeth, Does the manuscript have a formal title? If so, then it needs to be in quotation marks. *Yes the manuscript has a formal title, "Relative the History of the Prack Family."* - Is "before 1970" part of the title or is that your estimate of when the manuscript was prepared? *The manuscript is undated, however, since Caroline Bindon died in 1970, I know the information she appended to the document was added prior to 1970. * - The inclusion of Bindon (author of the appendix) as author prior to citing the document left me a bit confused, thinking that Prack and Bindon wrote the first manuscript together; then I had to sort out the other relationships. *Sorry for the confusion. I wasn't sure how to handle the inclusion of Bindon. For the project I'm working on, it does need to be clear who authored what portion of this document.* So your citation is much clearer than mine. And far more succinct! I will remove the "before 1970" date from the title since it was just my estimate of when the appendix was written. Wm. Prack, "Relative the History of the Prack Family," MS, San Francisco, Calif., undated, with undated appendix by Caroline (Ebling) Bindon, Prack's niece of Three Oaks, Michigan, further outlining Prack and Ebling family members; copy of both items supplied by Bindon's daughter, C. Fuller, to Michelle Goodrum, Mesa, Arizona; held 2015 by Goodrum. Thank you so much! Michelle > Michelle, as I read through your proposed citation, it triggered a couple > of > questions and a couple of other thoughts: > > - Does the manuscript have a formal title? If so, then it needs to be in > quotation marks. > - Is "before 1970" part of the title or is that your estimate of when the > manuscript was prepared? > - When citing a manuscript, the authors' places of residence usually aren't > cited in the author field. > - The inclusion of Bindon (author of the appendix) as author prior to > citing > the document left me a bit confused, thinking that Prack and Bindon wrote > the first manuscript together; then I had to sort out the other > relationships. > > Does the following express things accurately? > > Wm. Prack, "Relative the History of the Prack Family before 1970," MS, San > Francisco, Calif., undated, with undated appendix by Carolina (Ebling) > Bindon, Prack's niece of Three Oaks, Michigan, outlining post-1870 family > members; copy of both items supplied by Bindon's daughter, C. Fuller, to > Michelle Goodrum, Mesa, Arizona; held 2015 by Goodrum. > > Elizabeth > > --------------------------------------------- > Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG > www.HistoricPathways.com > www.EvidenceExplained.com > > & for everyday tips on records and record usage: > https://www.evidenceexplained.com/quicktips/ee > www.Facebook.com/ForgottenPeopleCaneRiverCreoles > >