Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Genealogy Do Over (Go Over) Find A Grave Citations

I have reviewed how I had been doing my Find A Grave Citations, didn't like them, and they were confusing to me. The NEW Format of the Website, gave me a reason to Relook (Go Over) my Citations for the website. 

 Here are my findings
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  1. Irma DavidAugust 28, 2018 at 12:14 PM

    Thank you, Russ. Very helpful. The one thing I have noticed recently is that the Find A grave Source lists the person who created the entry, but does not list the photographer if it is a different person. I seem to have to add that information manually. Have you seen the same thing?

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    1. Cousin RussDecember 28, 2018 at 12:19 AM

      Irma,

      Photographs from the Find A Grave (new) Website ... I use the Citation that is provided, for the Facts and the Media Files.

      REASON:
      I mark those Media Files PRIVATE so they are NOT Published in my Ancestry Member Tree.

      IF that was MY Photo, in the Find A Grave Memorial, I will have a 2nd Media file, with a "Photo Journal" Citation, that documents MY photo. It would then NOT be marked as Private.

      Hope that helps,

      Russ

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  2. UnknownAugust 28, 2018 at 4:34 PM

    Uncle Russ, do you also cite the "original" contributor when the memorial has been transferred to the "present" contributor?

    I looked at one that was transferred to me and looking at the citing, the original contributor was not listed. I was listed as the present manager.

    Thanks, I have learned a great deal from your blogs.

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    1. Cousin RussDecember 28, 2018 at 12:21 AM

      I really would rather YOU use your name so that I can address your question to YOU.

      I use the Citation that is Presented in the New Find A Grave website, Right, wrong, or indifferent. I don't change it.

      Russ

      ps - and its Cousin Russ

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  3. Cousin RussAugust 29, 2018 at 1:12 PM

    I was asked about Citing Photos, from the Find A Grave website. I may cover that later, but, the Photos from the Find A Grave website are for My Use only and mark them Private in Family Tree Maker so that aren't seen in my Ancestry Member Tree. The only headstone photos I put in my Ancestry Member Tree (not marked private) are ones that I take. I will do a Video on how to do that, as well as how I Cite the Cemeteries

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  4. JudyJanuary 13, 2019 at 12:38 AM

    I think I've watched this 5 times or so. Thank you. Can you tell me how you reformatted the source template? I understand perfectly, now, how to do the old one but I can't see how to alter one to put the database first and then the compiler.

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    1. Cousin RussJanuary 13, 2019 at 3:15 AM

      Judy,

      You do NOT "reformat" a Source Template. You SELECT a Source Template.

      Once you selected it, then you Paste the Citation from the New Find-A-Grave website, into the Citation Detail Field.

      I think I explained all of that in the Video.

      Russ

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  5. JudyJanuary 14, 2019 at 12:43 AM

    I've watched it again. I hope I got it this time. You "reformatted the CITATION" based on your "new source group". You took your previous citation & "brought it into the new source group." Did you select a different source template or continue with "Online Database (Cemetery Derivative) and just simply the creator info from those two fields?

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    1. Cousin RussJanuary 14, 2019 at 8:04 AM

      Judy,

      ALL of my Citations for the NEW Find A Grave Website are in the SAME Source Groups.

      The change was from Citing the Contributor to Citing the Web Site, which is how I should have done it in the beginning. (when I didn't know any better on the old website).

      The CITATION / Reference Notes, put into the Citation Detail field, has the Contributor included.

      That entry is a Copy / Paste DIRECTLY from the Find A Grave Website, into the Find A Grave, Compiler, Source Group, using that Online Database (Cemetery Derivative) Source Template.

      Russ

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  6. UnknownOctober 27, 2019 at 8:05 PM

    Cousin Russ, thanks so much for these videos about how to handle Ancestry Find A Grave Index hints. As a new FTM user, I am learning from you about how to use the program in the best way possible. Much appreciated!

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  7. HughAugust 13, 2020 at 8:44 PM

    Greetings:
    I’m finally getting around to entering citations for my many headstones. I recently came back from Bristol, Rhode Island where I plotted maps of family headstones along with plot and sections....32 headstones. Most of the headstones are on FindAGrave.
    I found that many had several names(couples and children from another marriage) on the headstone, in particular 12 names on a HUGE stone for NAPPI family,plot.
    How would one cite that headstone?

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    1. Cousin RussAugust 15, 2020 at 6:48 PM

      Hugh,

      This blog post and video answers your question, IF you are talking about an image of a Headstone from the Find A Grave website.

      IF you are talking about a picture YOU took, You would craft is Photo Journal Citation. I did a blog post on that.

      https://ftmuser.blogspot.com/search/label/Photo_Journal

      Russ

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