Astrid's Citation Models for England and the U.K.

ASTRID'S CITATION MODELS
By Astrid Terras 
2005 May 5
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ORIGINAL SOURCES

CENSUS – ENGLAND – 1881

CENSUS – ENGLAND – 1891

CENSUS – ENGLAND – 1901

ESTATE FILE – ENGLAND

BIRTH – ENGLAND

Birth certificate for Emma Newberry, born February 25, 1846, 
Warracott, [Village of] Marystow, 
Sub-District: Lifton, Reg. District: Tavistock, County of Devon, England.
Registration: March 27, 1846; No. 7; GRO Vol. 5b, Page [illegible in index]; 
General Register Office (GRO), England.
Note: Emma d/o Richard Newberry, occupation: agent, and 
Priscilla Newberry formerly Mason (mother and informant) residing 
at Warracott, Marystow; Registrar: Geo. Kneebone. 
Certified copy dated August 23, 2002, in possession of Astrid Terras.

MARRIAGE – CANADA, ONTARIO

DEATH – ENGLAND

Death certificate for Richard Newberry, died December 28, 1876, 
Chillaton, Sub-District: Milton Abbott,
Reg. District: Tavistock; County of Devon, England.
Registration: December 30, 1876; No. 166; 
General Register Office (GRO), England.
Richard Newberry, male, age 65 years, occupation: lime quarry agent, 
cause of death: softening of brain, 2 years; paralysis, certified by 
J. G?bridge, MR.E.J?; Informant: John Williams, son-in-law, present 
at death, residing at Chillaton, Milton Abbott; Registrar: John Easterbrooks.
Certified copy dated August 27, 2002, in possession of Astrid Terras.

DERIVATIVE SOURCES

FAMILY BIBLE (Family Data)

BOOK – HISTORY, LOCAL

NEWSPAPER – BIRTH

NEWSPAPER – OBITUARY

INDEXES AND TERTIARY SOURCES

Note from Astrid: I ordered birth certificates from the UK. The 
General Register Office (GRO) identifications (quarter years, 
registration districts, volume and page numbers) were found in 
the British Civil Registration indexes available on microfilm or 
microfiche for births, marriage, or death registrations in England 
or Wales as early as 1837. These micro-publications are available 
at many large genealogical collections in libraries or genealogical 
associations and in most Family History Centers (usually located 
in churches of the Mormons – Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints).

FROM INDEX:
Birth certificate for John Stacey, born 1838-1839,
[Merton], Devon, England.
GRO registration: 2nd (June) Quarter 1839 – Vol. X (10), page 206,
Torrington Registration District; 
General Register Office (GRO), England.
John Stacey was the son of Philip Stacey of the County of Devon and, 
on April 22, 1865, became the husband of Emma Jane Newberry of Marystow, 
Devon, England. They had twelve children all together – three (Charles, 
John, Lydia) born in Torquay, Devon, before the family’s immigration to 
Canada on May 11, 1871. The remaining nine children were born in Courtice, 
Darlington Township, County of Durham, Ontario, Canada. John Stacey was 
51 years old when he died in Canada in 1890.

MEMOS:  Send relevant and updated family group sheets with photocopies. 
Aim to have each fact cited on family group sheets, family trees, and on so.

These models were based on my own personal research started in 
1999-2000 and my subsequent opinions about how Canadian and English 
genealogical sources might be included in citations, footnotes, and 
bibliographies. This project has turned into an ongoing labour of love, 
and I welcome your comments, opinions, or questions. 
Astrid Terras, E-mail: astrid@vianet.ca.

In addition, I am indebted to the following two authors, in particular:

Lackey, Richard S., F.A.S.G. Cite Your Sources: A Manual 
        for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records. 
        New Orleans: Polyanthos, Inc., 1980.

	Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, Evidence! Citation 
& Analysis for the Family Historian (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical 
Publishing Company, 1997).