Cite Your Sources
To assist other wiki users, it is important to provide details about the sources in which you located information that you have added to wiki profile. Refer to the format styles and examples below when citing information derived from various records. If possible, consider attaching images to your citations. These will enable users to directly view original sources.
Book
| Format: Author's surname, author's given name. Title of book: sub-title of book. Place of publication: Name of publisher, year of publication. |
| Example: Wong, Marjorie. The Dragon and the Maple Leaf: Chinese Canadians in World War II. London, Ont.: Pirie, 1994. |
B.C. civil registration - Birth record
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Format: Note: Only the Reg. No. and Microfilm Number are variable. |
| Example: B.C. civil birth record, Gim Me Yip, 1893 - British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Birth Registrations, 1872-1903. Reg. No. 1893-09-117163, B.C. Archives Microfilm Number B13810. |
B.C. civil registration - Marriage record
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Format: Note: Only the Reg. No. and Microfilm Number are variable. |
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B.C. civil registration - Death record
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Format: Note: Only the Reg. No. and Microfilm Number are variable. |
| Example: B.C. civil death record, Sang Yip, 1927 – British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Death Registrations, 1872-1984. Reg. No. 1927-09-384595, B.C. Archives Microfilm Number B13131. |
Census records
| Note: References to 1901 and 1911 Canadian census records can include direct links to online images from Library and Archives Canada. Locate the record in Automated Genealogy and link to the large version of the digitized record. Copy the URL and use it to create a link at the end of your citation. You can also link to Automated Genealogy's transcription of the record. See examples below. |
1881 Canadian census - Microfilm or digital copy of original record
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Format: Census Returns for the 1881 Canadian Census. Library and Archives Canada, R233-35-2-E, District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, Reel C-number. Note: only the District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, and Reel C-number are variable. |
| Example (with associated image): Census Returns for the 1881 Canadian Census. Library and Archives Canada, R233-35-2-E, District 187 Sub-district B, Page 55, Household 245, Reel C-13284. (Image) |
1891 Canadian census - Microfilm or digital copy of original record
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Format: Note: only the District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, and Reel T-number are variable. |
| Example: Census Returns for the 1891 Canadian Census. Library and Archives Canada, R233-36-4-E, District 4, Sub-district B-2, Page 1, Household 1, Reel T-6292.
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1901 Canadian census - Microfilm or digital copy of original record
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Format: Note: only the District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, and Reel T-number are variable. |
| Example (with associated image and transcription): Census Returns for the 1901 Canadian Census. Library and Archives Canada, R233-37-6-E, District 4, Sub-district D-14, Page 42, Household 495, Reel T-6430. ((Image | Transcription) |
1906 Northwest Provinces census - Microfilm or digital copy of original record
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Format: Note: only the District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, and Reel T-number are variable. |
| Example: Census returns for the Census of the NorthWest Provinces, 1906. Library and Archives Canada, R233-46-7-E, District 10, Sub-district 03 E, Page 52, Household 396, Reel T-18357. (Image | Transcription)
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1911 Canadian census - Microfilm or digital copy of original record
| Format: Census Returns for the 1911 Canada Census. Library and Archives Canada, R233-28-5-E, District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, Reel T-number. |
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Example: Note: only the District number, Sub-district number, Page number, Household number, and Reel T-number are variable. |
Chinese Immigration List
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Format: Note: only the page number is variable. |
| Example: Chinese Immigration List, Library and Archives Canada, RG 76, p. 4. |
City or provincial directory
| Format: Title of directory, year of publication, page number. |
| Example: Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, 1932, p. 1555. |
Interview
| Format: Interview with [name of interviewee], by [name of interviewer], date, month, year. |
| Example: Interview with Won Alexander Cumyow, by John Doe, 20 July 1950. |
Lists of Persons to Whom C.I.9 and C.I.9A Certificates Have Been Issued in Vancouver and Victoria
| Format: Lists of persons to whom C.I.9 and C.I.9A certificates have been issued in Vancouver and Victoria. Library and Archives Canada, R1206-171-7-E, Month and year, Reel T-number. |
| Example: Lists of persons to whom C.I.9 and C.I.9A certificates have been issued in Vancouver and Victoria. Library and Archives Canada, R1206-171-7-E, February 1920, Reel T-6054. (Image) |
Obituary
| Format: Obituary of [individual's name] - Name of newspaper, day, month, year, page number. |
| Example: Obituary of Won Alexander Cumyow - Vancouver Sun, 8 October 1955, p. 32. (Image) |
Website (General)
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Format: Title of website. Date created or updated. Creator of website. Day month year accessed <URL>. |
| Example: viHistory. N.d. Malaspina University College/University of British Columbia. 12 May 2008 <http://vihistory.uvic.ca/index.php>. |
Website (Specific page)
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Format: Author. "Title of page." Title of website. Date created or updated. Creator of website. Day month year accessed <URL>. |
| Example: Stanley, Timothy J. "Yip Sang." Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 2004. University of Toronto/Université Laval. 12 May 2008 <http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=42017&query=yip>. |
