When writing an article for Ancestor, please refer to this Style Guide for preparation of your publication
How to do Endnote Referencing (Citations)
Books
P De Serville, Port Phillip Gentlemen, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1980
K Cook & D Garvey, The Glint of Gold, Genlin Investments, Pymble, NSW, 1999
Journals
D Richardson, '1864- one of Brisbane's forgotten floods', Queensland History Journal, vol 23, no 3, 2016, pp175-84
Magazines
C Miller, 'Game Plan', Royal Auto, 17 April 2017, pp22-26
Newspapers
The Argus, Tue 16 Jul 1878, p6
The Times (London), 21 June 1853, p1
Unpublished material
KA Herbet, ‘Parallel knowledge: farmers and scientists and land classification’, BAppSc thesis, University of Canberra, 1995
Personal communications
A Smith, interview with the author, 20 April 2010
Websites
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, https://dev.gsv.org.au/, viewed 1 April 2017
Wills
Will of William George Jennings of 1854, The National Archives, PROB 11/ 2194
Blog sites
Marty Playne Publishing - Non Fiction, Social History, Using Genealogical Techniques,
https://mplayne.wordpress.com, viewed 10 April 2017
Second and subsequent citations
One author, two or multiple references to same source
M Cannon, Old Melbourne Town: before the gold rush, Loch Haven Books, Mainridge, Victoria, 1991, p37
…
…
M Cannon, p 62
One author, multiple references
M Cannon, Perilous voyages to the new land, Mornington, Victoria, Today’s Australia Publishing Company, 1997, p80
M Cannon, Old Melbourne Town: before the gold rush, Loch Haven Books, Mainridge, Victoria, 1991, p37
M Cannon (editor), Aborigines and Protectors 1838-1839, Historical Records of Victoria,
Volume 2B, Vic Govt Printing Office, Melbourne, 1983, p110
Latin terms
Avoid ‘ibid’, ‘loc. cit’, ‘op. cit’ etc. for ease of understanding and replace with above referencing techniques.
Images and captions for images
To make it clear what each image is, give it a number and title:
In the text of your article, indicate, as in the following example,
where you would prefer the image to appear:
INSERT IMAGE 1 NEAR HERE:
CAPTION: Image 1 - The grave of Mary Smith, courtesy of Joe Blow
If you are a user of the Pictures Collection of the State Library of Victoria
(or any other picture source), then acknowledge your use of that Collection as follows:
CAPTION: Image 1: The grave of Mary Smith, artist Jack Richards, State Library of Victoria,
Pictures Collection, Acc. No. H1234/45
If the images are not the property of the author they must be out of copyright,
or have a statement from the owner, allowing Ancestor to publish the image.
Refer for further information to:
Australian Government Style Manual, 7th edition, https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/.
N Kyle, Citing historical sources - a manual for family historians, Unlock the Past, St Agnes, South Australia, 2013, 41pp.
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