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Overview

Template details

The template contain the template name, an optional description, the filed names, hints, and the sentences to be used to form the footnotes. etc.

Source Template= _Ancestry Database
Version= 2025-02-18

Field          Type       Display name
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Source Fields
Title           Text    Anc. collection name -short
DateSource      Date    Date source last updated

Citation Fields
Name            Name    Person #1 name

Source Data

For the source data examples below, the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944 is used.

Ancestry database name -short

FieldName=Name, Type=Text

Example Title = Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944

Date source last updated

FieldName=DateSource, Type=Date

Example DateSource = 2 Jan 2024

Other Standard Source Data INFO PROVIDED IN DATA ENTRY PAGES

Citation Data

For the citation data examples below, the Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944 is used.

Citation Name

Autogenerated by RM. In this case:

Anna May Ripberger; 2 May 1929; ; 2 May 1929; 60871::5463776; ; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Birth Records; Year: 1929; Roll: 010; 4 September 2022

Person #1 name

FieldName=Name, Type=Name

Example Name = Anna May Ripberger

Person #1 birth date

FieldName=BirthDate, Type=Date

Example BirthDate = 2 May 1929

Birth date of the focus person. All normal date modifiers allowed.

Date citation last updated

FieldName=DateCitation, Type=Date

Example DateCitation = 2 Jan 2024

This field contains the date on which this citation record was entered, or last updated in RM. Most importantly, it should reflect the last time that the online data was accessed.

Other Standard citation data INFO PROVIDED IN DATA ENTRY PAGES

Citations produced

Footnote

Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944 [database on-line].

Short footnote

Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, entry for:

Bibliography

Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944

rmst File Analysis

This is the relevant part of the rmst file. End tags a\have been removed.

<SourceTemplates>
    <Copyright>RootsMagic source templates, template language, and
    template file format are copyright 2009-2020 RootsMagic, Inc. 
    All rights reserved.
    
    <Template Id="10068">
        <Name>_Ancestry Database
        <Description>version 2025-02-18

Used to cite a source collection on the Ancestry.com website.

        <Category>
        
        <Footnote>[SrcInfo] Entry for: [Name]< and [Name2]>, event date: [EventDate], accessed: [DateCitation]. Citing: [OrigData].< [CD]>
        
        <ShortFootnote>[Title], entry for: [Name]< and [Name2]>, event: [EventDate]<, [CD]>
    
        <Bibliography>[SrcInfo]
        

        <Field>
            <Type>Text
            <Name>Title
            <Display>Anc. collection name -short
            <Hint>
            <Detail>false
            <LongHint>

        <Field>