Suggestion for "Using This Board"

[bugbear]

Quite often, the key to deciphering a particular fragment actually lies elsewhere on the page, or elsewhere in the book.

I understand that for perfectly good copyright reasons, the OP cannot post extended pieces of the original.

However, if the OP could cite the original source (either in a formal genealogical way, or with a simple link) it would greatly help other contributors to the thread find the "context" and help more easily, if they happen to have a relevant subscription.

If my idea is agreed upon, perhaps it could be added to the  "Using This Board" post.

  BugBear

[arthurk]

Good idea, BugBear, I'd support that.

And a related thought: sometimes a deciphering exercise is connected to other queries on RootsChat by the same OP, but many of us may be unaware of them. As these other threads can help to provide a context and often useful clues, could posters be asked to tell us about them where relevant, please?

Arthur