This book is a style guide/handbook for citation and analysis for a genealogist. The first part focuses outlines the basics of each, while the second part shows examples of formatting your citations.

Unfortunately, I didn't find this as useful as I'd hoped. The citation suggestions are primarily for a family historian or a genealogist hoping to publish their work. Though she gives some examples of citations on a family group sheet or an ancestral chart, much less time is spent discussing how to analyze records. As a beginner just starting to look into my genealogy and not currently planning publication, I need a little more hand-holding than this provided. Others have mentioned the lack of online citation examples - the book was published in 1997 before there were clear standards for online citations, but as I have done primarily online searches, I would find it much more useful to have those clearly explained as well. I will definitely be able to use her examples of cited family group sheets, but I will continue my search for an introduction to analysis of records. ( )

A must-have staple for reference material when writing. ( )

If you only get one reference book about how to record family history, this is it. It's concise and handy as a constant reference. ( )

Exellent book with guidelines for source documentation, tips and rules.

Chock-full of examples, but, like all style guides, a lack of internet citations (though Ms. Mills, a well-known genealogist gives it a bold stab). Good section on why you should cite. ( )