Facts and Events: Citations

Recording where a piece of information comes from is very important. When you enter facts and events, you should record how you know that information is correct.

Pedigree Forge supports two flavours of citations: full links to a source document, or a “local” citation. Both can be added, or deleted from the Citations list, using the “+” or trash buttons.

The above is a citation linked to a record of Charles Darwin’s death certificate—for more information, see the section on “Working with sources”. The [S2] is the record identifier.

Local citations can be free-form text, although there are some templates to help you create these, and more information can be found in the “Working with sources” section.

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