Daniel, in this case, I would not use EE 3.45, which applies to personal notes that we take while interviewing one person. If I were you, I would simply cite the piece of writing left by your cousin and preface any textual claim with a word such as "supposed," "alleged," etc. You might quote HER as saying "tradition says." You might identify the people she thanked for their "information." But if your cousin does not say what person gave her whichever piece of information, then whatever piece of writing you have from her would represent only your cousin's opinions or filtered preferences about what she was told. (I'm speaking from experience here-specifically, thinking about a cousin who published a book and publicly "thanked" me for the information I supposedly gave her on my branch of the family, information that she reconstrued in all sorts of truly wondrous ways. J) Elizabeth ---------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG www.HistoricPathways.com www.EvidenceExplained.com & for daily tips on records and record usage: www.Facebook.com/EvidenceExplained From: Daniel Sample [mailto:dmsbr549@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:27 PM To: eshown Subject: Re: [TGF] Citing family tradition Elizabeth, The information was gathered several years ago by a distant cousin. In her notes she thanks people who provided the family stories and lists several family members. Unfortunately, with no mention of who provided what information. I have been unable to locate any additional information on the interviews or who said what and when. Harold, Thanks for the reminder. I did read that section a while back, but I probably need to read it again.