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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Citing Swedish church records
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:15:37 -0500
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Jonas Kuschner wrote:
>A suggestion for those of you who use and cite Swedish church records:
>
>Do not use the LDS film numbers for citing. Use the designations for the
>*original records* used in the Swedish archival system (and make a note
>that you accessed them through the LDS microfilm copy). This archival
>designation system is very uniform, predictable and stable. And it will be
>understood by Swedish genealogists. (Similar systems are used by the
>archives for other types of records, such as court records.)

You should always cite exactly what you saw (original sources or LDS film
sources). But, you should never directly reference an LDS film number even
though it is what you saw. This is one exception to the rule and is the
method recommended by Elizabeth Shown Mills in "EVIDENCE!". Specifically
she says:
"Cite [un]published source fully, according to type, then add:
micro [film/fiche] no. [000,000], frame [000], Family History
Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah".

As Jonas suggests, this information can easily be added to any Source
Templates using the Output Forms tab of the Source Definition screen. (See
Mills "EVIDENCE!", page 83 for other details).

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

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