If you\u2019re new to\u00a0\u0192h<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\/or Genealogy, you may wish to work through our\u00a0Getting Starting<\/a> guide first. You should also review the \u0192h<\/span><\/span> Help file sections on\u00a0 Source Records<\/a>,\u00a0 Property Box: Main Tab for Source Records<\/a>, and Sources and Source Citations<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’re using Family Historian version 7, you must should read Working with Sources and Citations in Version 7<\/a> instead of this article.<\/p>\n A Source is a historical record that gives you information about your ancestors. It could be, for example:<\/p>\n Historical in this context doesn’t mean old \u2014 you might have recorded Great Aunt Peggy telling her life story last week, but that’s still a historical record.<\/p>\n You won’t spend long doing genealogy before you’re advised to ‘cite your sources’. You’ve probably seen it in this Knowledge Base a few times already.<\/p>\n ‘Citing your source’ means recording for your own benefit, and for the benefit of anyone else who sees your research, why you believe that something \u2014 a Name, a Fact, a Note \u2014 is correct, i.e. that it’s based on information in a Source that has been interpreted correctly.<\/p>\n When you cite your source, you do it by creating a Citation to link the Fact etc. to a Source. We’ll show you how to do this later in this article.<\/p>\n The Source Property Box<\/em> has 4 tabs:<\/p>\n To understand how you might use the Source Fields, see Gedcom Source Fields<\/a>.<\/p><\/div> <\/p>\n In \u0192h<\/span><\/span> there are always a number of ways to do things and creating a citation is no exception. The one most people will use initially is creating the citation from the Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual Property Box <\/em>with the\u00a0Source Pane<\/em> visible (labelled Sources For).\u00a0 This is also the place to view and edit Citations.<\/p>\n In the Source Pane<\/em>, you can view or edit existing citations, or use the\u00a0Add Citation <\/em>button If you ant to see the detail of a Source record identified in the Source Pane, select that Source and use the Go To button You can also copy-and-paste a Citation from one Fact to another (and these can be Facts associated with different individuals \u2014 useful if you’re trying to keep your Citations very consistent. In the Source Pane<\/em>, choose the Source whose Citation you want to copy and click the Copy<\/em> button Another useful feature is Automatic Source Citation<\/a> \u00a0which allows you to choose a Source which will be cited for every fact, name etc. you add until you turn the feature off.<\/p><\/div> As already mentioned, a Citation is, in its simplest form, a link between a Source and a Fact etc. However, you can also associate extra optional data with that link. (We’ll cover how to create the link in the next section).<\/p>\nWhat is a Source?<\/h2>\n
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What is a Citation?<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Creating a Source Record<\/h2>\n
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How to Create, Edit and View a Citation<\/h2>\n
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. And you can choose how to position it using the Property Box Menu<\/em> button ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/familyconnectionmapper_6.png\")
\u00a0 and choosing Options <\/em> and configuring Preferred Position for Source Pane.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/sourcerecords_2.png\")
to add a new Citation. A\u00a0Select source…<\/em> window will allow you to select an existing source or create a new one; you can then fill in any additional Citation fields that you wish to use.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/toolbar_web_search_3.png\")
on the tool bar under the list of Sources. When viewing the detail of that Source the Go Back button ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/propertybox_6.png\")
on the toolbar on the Source Property Box will take you back.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/propertyboxfactstab_6.png\")
. Then navigate to the Individual\/Fact to which you want to apply the new Citation and click the Paste<\/em> button ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/edittextschemedialog_6.png\")
in the Source Pane.<\/em><\/p>\nThe Contents of a Citation<\/h2>\n