Diane asked about a citation for military records that came to her from a relative. I had a similar situation, and was advised to treat the documents as personal artifacts/private holdings. Your source for the documents is a family member (not NARA), so the citation should reflect that. Was I properly informed? Any other opinions? Janeth Murphy Moyock, NC On Nov 1, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Diane Barbour <mdbfrisco@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I am having a problem sourcing an item. I am hoping someone can help me. > I got an original enlistment record. as well as, a very formal > appointment to sergeant from the army during world war I. It is not from > a service record or NARA. It came from one of my cousins, who is > allowing me to copy them. They belonged to his father, one of my > ancestors. I looked on Evidence Explained website, as well as , the book > and I could only find sources for service records from NARA. The book is > so big, I might be looking in the wrong place. > Anyone have any ideas? > Thanks for your help in advance.

Janeth, You are correct. An individual holds the documents, not a repository. Rondina _______________________ Rondina P. Muncy Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 rondina.muncy@gmail.com www.ancestralanalysis.com On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:09 PM, <mrsmurphy1@aol.com> wrote: > Diane asked about a citation for military records that came to her from a > relative. I had a similar situation, and was advised to treat the documents > as personal artifacts/private holdings. Your source for the documents is a > family member (not NARA), so the citation should reflect that. Was I > properly informed? Any other opinions? > > Janeth Murphy > Moyock, NC > > > > On Nov 1, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Diane Barbour <mdbfrisco@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am having a problem sourcing an item. I am hoping someone can help me. > > I got an original enlistment record. as well as, a very formal > > appointment to sergeant from the army during world war I. It is not from > > a service record or NARA. It came from one of my cousins, who is > > allowing me to copy them. They belonged to his father, one of my > > ancestors. I looked on Evidence Explained website, as well as , the book > > and I could only find sources for service records from NARA. The book is > > so big, I might be looking in the wrong place. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >