Lineages In order that the various committees of The Augustan Society, Inc., may work together smoothly, a Standard Lineage Format has been designated. While it would be nice if petitioners submitted lineages in this format, that's not likely to be common practice. As a result, all lineages received will be sent to the [[Genealogy Committee]] to us should follow be converted into the following:Standard Lineage Format.
generation number The Standard Lineage Format consists of the ancestor, name of ancestor name of spouse sources birth data (date and place of birth, if known) birth data (date and place of birth, if known) marriage date, if known death data (date and place of death, if known) death data (date and place of death, if known)three sections:
sources are Section one is a table with four columns: * Generation number* Ancestor (with vital statistics)* Spouse of Ancestor (with vital statistics)* Sources (numbers referring to items in the following sections The oldest ancestor listed should be numbered and formatted identified as follows: authorGeneration #1 on the first line, titlewith each successive generation following. The "vital statistics" mentioned above include dates and places of birth, place publishedmarriage, publisherand death. If this data is unavailable, date baptism, christening, publishing of publicationbanns, or burial may be substituted. each generation Section two is a bibliography of sources. It may be in any order, but the preferred order is alphabetically by author. Full citation following the Chicago style is needed. Web sites must have at least one sourcethe complete URL, date accessed, the titles of the page and website, and the author.generations are to Section three is a collection of copies of sources. This is generally used for birth certificates, copies of family bibles, letters, and other sources that a competent researcher could not be counted from expected to find otherwise. The section should begin with a list of the ultimate ancestor sources included, again following the Chicago style. The preferred format for lineage submissions is as 1 an electronic text file in one of the common formats. PDF files are not acceptable; paper is. Note that due to privacy concerns, no proof of events happening after the applicantmost recently released US Census (presently 1940) is required. Submission of such recent data about individuals other than the petitioner is discouraged. ---- * [[Genealogy Committee|back to Genealogy Committe]]* [[Genealogy|back to Genealogy]]* [[Main Page|back to Main Page]]