Comments on: Cite Right – A Source Citation Initiative

By: Lisa Rex

Lisa Rex — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:19:03 +0000

The comments field striped my HTML tags, so I’ve described how to do it here: http://rootsfinder.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/sources-adding-subscript/

Unfortunately, it doesn’t display as subscript on my own site! Gaahhh. I’ll have to look into changing the css….

By: Lisa Rex

Lisa Rex — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:18:25 +0000

The comments field striped my HTML tags, so I’ve described how to do it here: http://rootsfinder.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/sources-adding-subscriptsources-adding-subscript/

Unfortunately, it doesn’t display as subscript on my own site! Gaahhh. I’ll have to look into changing the css….

By: sources - adding subscript to your posts « Rootsfinder Family History

sources - adding subscript to your posts « Rootsfinder Family History — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:14:50 +0000

[...] – adding subscript to your posts Jump to Comments Regarding the movement to make an effort cite sources in genealogy blogs, it’s really easy to insert subscript into your blog. Simply put the sub tag around the number, [...]

By: Lisa Rex

Lisa Rex — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Dawn and others, it’s really easy to insert subscripts into your blog. Simply put the sub tag around the number, such as !(9)!

Ignore the exclamation points, I inserted them in the hope that my HTML tags and be stripped.

Then it’s up to you whether you want to insert a hyperlink to the sources at the bottom of the page. Personally I don’t think is enough time the day to bother with every single post!

By: Judith Richards Shubert

Judith Richards Shubert — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:53:39 +0000

Thomas, I like the idea of a "Geneabloggers Guide To" series. One note on my own sourcing, I wondered about how to list an internet site in my sources, so went to my handy "The Chicago Manual of Style" used in my past editing jobs. I decided their style suggestion for this part of a bibliography might do for my blog. You can see an example of my sources at Genealogy Traces. However, I did not go the extra step of referencing the endnote with numbers. I think, after reading Ginger's comment, that that is something I should do. The internet is such a fluid, complex, and rapidly changing field it is difficult to keep up with!

By: Gini Webb

Gini Webb — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:21:47 +0000

Thomas, I think this is a fantastic idea, me being a newbie, it would be great to have the Guidance of expert Geneabloggers as yourself and so many others, I stand to learn alot and a guide would be a perfect for someone like me, especially the newbie genealogist that also has little time, and a full time job. I find myself all over the place sometimes, a guide would be more managable and organized. Thank you.

By: Ginger Smith

Ginger Smith — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:07:50 +0000

I usually put a number in a bracket at the end of the sentence to reference an endnote. Then at the end of the post, I put a heading called "Sources:" Then I list all of my sources which are prefaced with the number in a bracket. Here is an example. If it's a printed source, I look it up on Worldcat and click the "cite this" link and copy and paste the citation under the Sources heading on my post. Depending on what kind of citation format you prefer and blogging platform you use, you may have to manually italicize or bold or put quotations around your source title.

By: geneabloggers

geneabloggers — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:02:17 +0000

Cite Right – A Source Citation Initiative http://tr.im/i2Ns #genealogy

By: Dawn W.

Dawn W. — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:11:32 +0000

I generally cite sources in my posts, either formally or informally, but I have no idea how to do endnotes or footnotes in a blog (as you would in a formal paper). So, if there’s going to be some education happening, that’s one aspect I would love to see: how to embed sources into a blog post so that you get those cool little numbers after your information. That’s assuming such a thing is even possible.

By: Valerie C.

Valerie C. — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:18:52 +0000

I love the cite right links and the idea of a “guide” series of posts. Personally, following geneablogs has helped improve my research habits and introduced me to new avenues of research. I think education is a something that blogs center around already, but it would be great to pull together the top educational posts.