Template:FamilySearch microfilm full

Template documentation

This template will create a source citation for microfilm reels that have been digitized by FamilySearch and published on their site.

Some collections at FamilySearch are indexed, meaning that records can be located by searching for particular name, date, and/or place. These typically include census, birth and marriage records. In such cases, 'Record' pages that can be attached to the FamilySearch Family Tree are returned as a search result. These 'Record' pages provide a link to view the original image. Clicking the 'Image Group Number' on the Group Data tab beneath the image will take you to the microfilm reel that contains the image.

In cases where documents are not indexed, typically probate records and deed books, documents are found by browsing the record collections in order to find the appropriate microfilm reel and then browsing the images contained on the reel.

Usage

This citation is created from a combination of information found in the source citation on the image page and the catalog page of the book the record is found in.

1. Below the image of the original document is an 'Information' tab. It typically contains a citation for the image being displayed. The county name and the volume name are taken from this citation. The volume name follows the county in the citation. If no citation has been generated, the volume name can be found under 'Film/Digital Note'.
2. The film number can be found above the image. It might be necessary to click the arrow next to the collection name in order to reveal the Film #.
3. Click on the 'Catalog Record' found above the citation in the 'Information' tab. This will open the 'Catalog' page for the book containing the image.
4. Click the 'View this catalog record in WorldCat for other possible copy locations' link in the Catalog page. This will open the WorldCat page.
5. The OCLC number is found under 'Show more information'. Enter this number into citer.toolforge.org to create a source citation.
6. Copy the parameters from the citer.toolforge.org citation into the template.
7. Add the {{FamilySearch microfilm full}} template to the 'Sources' section of an article.
8. Create the citation within the text using {{sfn}}. Include specifics of the document in the |loc= parameter. For instance, names of the grantor & grantee plus the date of the deed, or name of testator and date of will.

{{FamilySearch microfilm full
|document_title=
<-- from FamilySearch citation -->
|url=
|volume_title=
|annotation=
<-- from Catalog page -->
|film_title=
|film_number=
<-- from citer.toolforge.org citation -->
|author=
|author_link=
|author2=
|author_link2=
|author3=
|author_link3=
|author4=
|author_link4=
|author5=
|author_link5=
|publisher=
|publication-place=
|year=
|oclc=
<--  -->
|page=
|pages=
|image=
}}

Typically, this citation would be added to the bulleted list in the 'Sources' section of an article. {{sfn}} would then be used to add the citation within the article. The page number and link (url) would be added there. It is possible to add the page number and url to the {{FamilySearch deed book}} template itself and include it in the body of the article, but the standard convention would be to use the {{sfn}} template.

Example

Text.{{sfn|Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A|p=[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V1SJ-77?i=183&wc=32L2-82S%3A169767301%2C170812702&cc=1867501 345]|loc=William Shaw, 1793}}

* {{FamilySearch microfilm full
|film_number=4755089
|film_title=
|volume_title=Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A
|author=North Carolina County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Guilford County) 
|author2=North Carolina Superior Court (Guilford County) 
|author3=North Carolina County Court (Guilford County) 
|publisher=Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah 
|publication-place=Salt Lake City, Utah 
|year=1943 
|oclc=866208190
|annotation=county courthouses, North Carolina
}}

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Document title	document_title	Name of document if citing a single document. It will be included in citation as a chapter title typically would. Example Will of James Ross of Rowan County	String	optional
URL	url	Web address of Image page included in FamilySearch citation. This is only necessary if the full citation will also include a page number or image number.	URL	required
Volume title	volume_title	Some microfilm reels contain images of multiple volumes. If so, the name of the individual volume might be found in the citation generated by FamilySearch and displayed in the 'Information' tab below the image. It is also possible to switch the image viewing area into 'View multiple images' mode and scroll until you find the image denoting the beginning of a new volume. It will contain the name of the volume. Example In the citation, '"North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V1SN-YN?cc=1867501&wc=32L2-82S%3A169767301%2C170812702 : 21 May 2014), Guilford > Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A > image 153 of 227; county courthouses, North Carolina.', the volume_title would be 'Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A'.	String	suggested
Annotation	annotation	Found in the citation generated by FamilySearch. It typically appears after the image number and contains additional information about where the original documents were sourced. Example In the citation, '"North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V1SN-YN?cc=1867501&wc=32L2-82S%3A169767301%2C170812702 : 21 May 2014), Guilford > Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A > image 153 of 227; county courthouses, North Carolina.', the annotation would be 'county courthouses, North Carolina'	String	optional
Film title	film_title	The file title appears in the 'Film/Digital Note' of the 'Information' tab on a page displaying an image and in the 'Note' column of the 'Film/Digital Notes' section of a Catalog page. If volume_title is not entered, film_title will be used as the title in the citation.	String	optional
Microfilm number	film_number	FamilySearch Microfilm Number. Found in the 'Film' column of the Catalog page.	Number	optional
Main author	author	This is the main author listed on the catalog page. It will show up in the 'author' parameter of the citation generated by citer.toolforge.org.	String	required
author_link	author_link	no description	Unknown	optional
Added author	author2	Authors labeled 'Added author' on the Catalog page will be included, probably as 'author2', in the citation generated by citer.toolforge.org. As of now, they are not included in the citation generated by this template, so they can be omitted, or they can be left in the template call under this parameter.	String	optional
author_link2	author_link2	no description	Unknown	optional
Repository	author3	Authors labeled 'Repository' on the Catalog page will be included in the citation generated by citer.toolforge.org. As of now, they are not included in the citation generated by this template, so they can be omitted, or they can be left in the template call.	String	optional
author_link3	author_link3	no description	Unknown	optional
author4	author4	no description	Unknown	optional
author_link4	author_link4	no description	Unknown	optional
author5	author5	no description	Unknown	optional
author_link5	author_link5	no description	Unknown	optional
Publisher	publisher	This is the same as the 'publisher' parameter in the citation created by citer.toolforge.org.	String	required
Publication place	publication-place	This is the same as the 'publication-place' parameter in the citation created by citer.toolforge.org.	String	suggested
Year	year	This is the same as the 'year' parameter in the citation created by citer.toolforge.org.	Date	required
OCLC	oclc	This is the same as the 'oclc' parameter in the citation created by citer.toolforge.org.	Number	optional
Page	page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	optional
Pages	pages	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'	String	optional
Image	image	Some records, such as marriage records, are not usually arranged in books with pages. If no page number is available, enter the image number here.	Number	optional

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