Citation Sections

Sources With Documents

Template for the master source (when a source has documents that link to it) Meant to be used for the master source when you will be siting seperate documents from within.

{{Citation section
|type                 = master
|document date        =
|external source name = 
|alt                  = 
|note                 = 
|url                  = 
}}

transcluded from Template:Citation section/master

Sources for Documents

Template for subdocuments that link up to a master source

{{Citation section 
|type                 = with master
|master               = 
|document date        =
|external source name = 
|alt                  = 
|note                 = 
|url                  = 
}}

transcluded from Template:Citation section/with master
master - the name of the overarching source for this document

Citing Documents or Sources without Documents

Copy and paste the template below:

{{Citation section
|type                 = stand alone
|document date        =
|external source name = 
|alt                  = 
|note                 = 
|url                  = 
}}

transcluded from Template:Citation section/stand alone
use the template option if this particular citation has it's own template. do not include the {{ }}. replace | with |

Census

Template for census documents

{{Citation section
|type                 = census
|year                 =
|district             =
|precinct             =
|city                 =
|county               =
|state                =
|citing               =
|website              = (Ancestry.com/Familysearch.org)
|URL                  =
|year accessed        = 
|document date        =
|external source name = 
|alt                  = 
|note                 = 
|url                  = 
}}

transcluded from Template:Citation section/census
year = year of the census;

Uses the following template:

Pre-made Citation Templates

Help:New Citation Format

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