RESOURCES cheat sheet:
VIC: family history searches for records over 30 years old in victoria;
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/search-your-family-history
NSW: family history for old records:
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?12
QLD: family history for old records
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
how to cite
Birth/Death/Marriage Certificate
| TLDR | birth/death/mariage cert for: |
| Name of person | |
| Event | |
| Year of event Certified copy of / Registration date / Publication date | |
| Full name of person | |
| Date of event | |
| Registration number/ Application number from certificate | |
| Location of Register Office / Publisher | |
| source citation | |
| source information | |
| ONLINE HERE | |
| quick citation | ‘Name’. (year of event ie death). Online extract of death certificate for/ Certified copy of birth/marriage/death certificate for Name, Full Date (application/registration number xxx). Name of Registration Office/Publisher. Viewed online here: |
| in full here: | |
| discrepancies/ thoughts | |
| further questions/ notes |
In-text citation: Jayne was born in Pontefract (‘Jayne Seaman’, 1966)…
Reference list: ‘Jayne Seaman’. (1966). Certified copy of birth certificate for Jayne Seaman, 20 December 1966 (application number 5001977/D). Pontefract Register Office, UK.
this way of doing citation is from:::: https://libguides.ucentralasia.org/apa/birthdeathmarriage
EE 2.19 “Citing Repositories” covers this in one piece of fundamental advice that applies to all kinds of sources:
A record imaged at a website is a published source. You cite what you use–i.e., that published source. Then, in an added layer, you cite whatever “source of the source” information the published source has given you about the original.
CENSUS RECORDS
1841 – there are some partial census records available
Index to 1841 census Website. Indexes names of heads of households recorded on the 1841 census. The census included people in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales (now known as Victoria).
Once a reference has been found, the microfilm 1841 census householders’ returns can be accessed for more information. Alternatively, the householders’ returns can be accessed online at the Library (see below).
1841 New South Wales, Australia, census
Online on Ancestry Library Edition database. Indexed, digitised copy of householders’ returns from the 1841 census of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales (now known as Victoria). Includes names (heads of households only). This database is available at State Library Victoria, and some local libraries.
ANNOTATED BIBIOG TEMPLATE AS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL:
| Title of source: | as per work; ie article title tv show title whatever see specific examples for capitalisation, formatting and punctuation |
| TLDR | |
| Author: | Surname, Other names as per work; see specific examples for multiple authors |
| Title of container: | e.g. collection of essays, journal, newspaper, television series, web site |
| Other contributors: | e.g. editor, director, performer, illustrator, translator |
| Version: | e.g. edition, director’s cut, metric version, unabridged |
| Number: | e.g. volume, issue, episode |
| Publisher: | Publisher: primarily responsible for publication or distribution of work; not needed for periodicals |
| Publication date: | the one used |
| Location: | location in container, e.g. page number/s in anthology, disc # in set, URL/DOI, artefact in archive When citing manuscripts that exist in only one place, the identity of that repository is an essential part of our citation. |
| “source of the source” –information the published source has given you about the original. ie, info from a cemetary or info from documents held in an archives office somewhere | A record imaged at a website is a published source. You cite what you use–i.e., that published source. Then, in an added layer, you cite whatever “source of the source” information the published source has given you about the original. |
| ONLINE HERE: | |
| in full here: | |
| quick citation: | |
| further questions / discrepancies | FURTHER QUESTIONS |
FORMAT TO COPY FOR FIND A GRAVE:::
| TLDR | Find a grave entry for: NAME died xxx |
| Title of source: | NAME (DOB – DOD) |
| Title of container: | Find a Grave Database and Images |
| Other contributors: | Maintained by / Contribution by / |
| Number: | Find a Grave Memorial ID xxxxx |
| Publication Date | Added or published online: |
| ONLINE HERE: | |
| in full here: | |
| quick citation: taken straight as recommended from site: | Find a Grave, database and images (https:/ xxxx), memorial page for NAME (DOB – DOD), Find a Grave Memorial ID xxxx, citing CEMETARY RECORDS ETC; Maintained by CONTRIBUTOR |
| further questions / discrepancies |
burrows & co 