This is a very concise useful book for figuring out what to cite, and how to do it. Part one has explanations of Citation and Analysis, part two are examples for various types of resources encountered doing genealogical research. The forms are based on the Chicago manual of style with modifications for the types of resources Genealogists encounter.

Elizabeth Shown Mills is an authority in Genealogical writing and research.

Reading Jones's Mastering Genealogical Proof took some of the stuffing out of this book. Jones's book was much more recently released.

Must have for serious researchers.

Unfortunately this book is dated, and it doesn't cover what is probably the most used source today -- the internet. In particular, there are no examples or discussions about how to cite to a Federal Census that was obtained via Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com.

Essential primer.

Good resource for researching family history but a little dry.

Great source for examples of citations for genealogy research papers!

A great resource for any genealogist trying to ensure the most helpful citations for their work.

I use this book often as I cite sources on my research reports.

While this book is an excellent resource for citing sources, I have one quibble with it: it's very American-centric.

This reference seems great for American sources, but I found many of my British references were left incompletely treated. Her 2009 publication, Evidence Explained is much more complete, and really makes this book obsolete.

If you only get one reference book about how to record family history, this is it. It's concise and handy as a constant reference.