The document provides guidelines on how to cite sources using The Master Genealogist (TMG) software, detailing various citation standards including those by Elizabeth Shown Mills and Richard S. Lackey. It explains the characteristics required for a properly cited source and outlines the structure of full footnotes, short footnotes, and bibliographies. Additionally, it lists the essential components and elements for creating citations in TMG, supported by examples and templates.

1. How to cite your sources the way you wantCustom Source Types

2. How to create a properly-cited source in TMG2Carole Riley - May 2009

3. Source Categories in TMG follow one of two standards:“Evidence” by Elizabeth Shown Mills“Cite Your Sources” by Richard S. LackeyOr one of your own making – Custom (OK, three standards)“Evidence Explained” by Elizabeth Shown Mills (2008)Archives fact sheetsState Records NSW Archives in Brief No. 10 – “Citing State Archives”National Archives of Australia fact Sheet 7 – “Citing archival records”3Carole Riley - May 2009What is a “properly-cited” source?

4. Definition: “Source types specify which characteristics of the source are to be recorded, and how the footnotes and bibliography entries will be formatted.”1Characteristics – title, author, publisher, date, publisher location, etcFormat – how to arrange these characteristics when citing the source – order, punctuation1. Terry Reigel, A Primer for The Master Genealogist(Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2008), 46. Source Types4Carole Riley - May 2009

5. These are the characteristics of the source.Source Groups = Source citation FIELDSSource Elements = Source citation field LABELSThere are 32 Source Groups (fields) – can use each one only once, but in any orderUse Source Elements (labels) to make data entry easier when creating Source in Master Source ListSource Groups and Source Elements5Carole Riley - May 2009

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7. Full footnote – where you cite the source for a specific piece of information, includes “Citation Detail”Short footnote – short version of full footnote for subsequent citations of same source, includes “Citation Detail”Bibliography – list of sources at the end of the book, report, chart, etc.Shown in Output form tabSource Citations – 3 templates7Carole Riley - May 2009

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10. Hoffman, Lee H. (editor). Getting the Most out of The Master Genealogist. Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2003.Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007.National Archives of Australia. Fact sheet 7 – Citing archival records. Website. http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs07.aspx, retrieved 17 May 2009.Reigel, Terry. A Primer for The Master Genealogist. Modbury, South Australia: Gould Genealogy, 2008.Reigel, Terry. Working with Source Elements and Groups. Website. Terry Reigel. Terry’s TMG Tips. http://tmg.reigelridge.com/Source-Elements.htm: last updated 5 May 2006.State Records New South Wales. Archives in Brief No. 10 – Citing State archives. Website. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-10, retrieved 17 May 2009.Bibliography10Carole Riley - May 2009