<ul>
<li>Serial commas in all situations — alphaQuantities of fewer than 100 are spelled out as words, betalarger amount as digits. Compound numbers are hyphenated, and gammaas "twenty-one." There are exceptions, such as ages.</li>
<li>Quantities of twenty Calendar designation shall be either “BC” or fewer are spelled out as words“AD” whenever there may be ambiguity — AD 1957 or 3400 BC, larger amount as digitsbut 2 January 201 AD. Exceptions are for ages, dates, and perhaps othersArticles set entirely in one era may omit these.</li>
<li>Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957 Figures, Tables, Charts, and Videos are each numbered separately (18 Aug 1957 the latter only in genealogies and tablesonline publications). Figures include all photographs and illustrations. Tables are defined as being columnar arranged text. Charts may combine text with graphics, such as lines indicating descent. The full words are used, not abbreviations. These terms should be followed by a number and period. Thus: "Figure 1: Portrait of the Author." All must be called out in the text, unless circumstances dictate otherwise.</li>
<li>Months Credit for Figures, Tables, Charts, and Videos (where not covered by a broader Identification) are to be spelled out in placed at the body end of the article, but abbreviated in notes and caption in genealogical tablesparentheses.</li>
<li>Centuries Captions are to be styled “20<sup>th</sup> century”set in italic type, centered.</li>
<li>Calendar designation shall be either “BC” or “AD” whenever there may be ambiguity Serial commas in all situations— AD 1957 or 3400 BCalpha, but 2 January 201 AD. Articles set entirely in one era may omit thesebeta, and gamma.</li>
<li>Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods Date format is day month year— thus USA, FAS, PhD18 August 1957 (18 Aug 1957 in genealogies and tables).</li>
<li>Endnotes Months are preferred to footnotes. The exception is mention be spelled out in the body of prior publicationthe article, non-Society copyright, mention of prior articles but abbreviated in a series, notes and brief author bios which go in a footnote on the first page of the article marked with an asteriskgenealogical tables.</li>
<li>Centuries are to be styled “twentieth century”.</li> <li>Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods—thus USA, FAS, PhD. (Exception: The P.E.D.I.G.R.E.E. program shall not omit periods or add spaces.)</li> <li>Endnotes are preferred to footnotes. The exception is mention of prior publication, non-Society copyright, mention of prior articles in a series, and brief author bios which go in footnotes on the first page of the article marked with an asterisk and such.</li> <li>Notes shall be numbered sequentially throughout each article. Multi-part articles should use continuing continuous numbering when all parts are by the same author. Occasional exceptions apply, as with exceedingly long articles like the Germond series.</li>
<li>If footnotes are used with a Bibliography, the footnotes shall be in brief format, “Author, Short title, vol:page” with full details in the Bibliography. Note that this approach works poorly with web sources, and is discouraged when these are used.</li>
<li>Notes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not superscript <sup>1</sup>.</li>
<li>Notes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1].</li>
<li>Do not use apostrophes in decades and centuries; thus 1920s not 1920's, and 1800s not 1800's.</li>
<li>Ordinal suffixes (st, nd, rd, th) should be superscript. Elevation 33% and size 67%.</li>
<li>Dashes indicating a range should be n-dashes, not hyphens.</li>
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*Do not place spaces at the start or end of paragrahs.
*Do not use spaces for formatting. Use indent or tabs if required.
*Do not surround m-dashes with spaces, thus [—], not [ — ].*Do not put blank lines between paragraphs. Use spacing above paragrahswhen needed.
*Do not link frames or illustrations to pages; link them to paragraphs. (Except when the system is being uncooperative.)
==Citation Standards==
These are based largely upon Chicago, but changes have been made to provide greater consistency and to extend the range of sources. Examples follow:
;Fundamental principle
: AuthorLastname, Firstname. "Title of article or chapter" in ''Title of book''. Access date for online sources. Publisher or access method. Page numbers.
;Book
: Firstname Lastname, firstname. ''Title of Book''. (City: Publisher, 18 August 1957) , 000.
: United States. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. (00<sup>th</sup> Congress) 000.
;Journal
: Firstname Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article" in ''Journal Title,'' Vol. 00 (. City: Publisher, 1957) . 000–000.
;Letter
: Firstname Lastname, Firstname. Letter to Firstname Lastname, 18 August 1957. Location of original.
;Letter on website
: Firstname Lastname, Firstname. Letter to Firstname Lastname, 18 August 1957, in Website Author or Owner. "Web Page Name" in ''Website Name'', Accessed 18 Aug 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
;Document
: Firstname Lastname, Firstname. Government document name, 18 Aug 1957. Archives holding document. Details needed for access.
;Unique items
;Webpage
: Firstname Lastname, Firstname. "Page Name" in ''Website Name'', Accessed 18 Aug 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
Do not give citations to web sites that require registration or a password.