This is a topic that keeps cropping up, so I thought I would put in this link to an article in the
ANCESTRY DAILY NEWS, WEEKLY DIGEST VERSION, 09.04.05
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Gathering information about your family is one thing; recording it in a format that can be understood and used by others is quite another. Genealogists use a number of standardized forms for this purpose, such as pedigree charts, family group sheets, abstract forms, source summary sheets, and others.
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Let it suffice to say that genealogists have standards for the entry of data. Let's discuss each type of data and the standards that are universally used.
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The author details conventions for NAMES, DATES and LOCATIONS, and gives some rules for CITATIONS.
The full article, by George G. Morgan can be read at
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