How to cite the Tanguay Collection found on Ancestry.

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I am sorry if someone already asked this, but I can't find it in the search. If I want to cite the Tanguay Collection found on Ancestry, how do I do that in Legacy? What do I call it? It is a genealogical database, but that's not one of the options in the Legacy citation program.

I know it's not a primary source, but I was considering putting it in my database anyway. Do you all leave it out and just look for the original church records?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Tessa KeoughDecember 4, 2016 at 1:32 PM

    quick thought (not all that familiar with it) but it is listed as a dictionary so I would use that for the type and then you looked at it online through Ancestry - others' thoughts?

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  2. Karen JaquishDecember 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM

    I use the SourceWriter: Generic Source - Online Database & Images. For the Detail, under Item of Interest, I enter the names of the couple and their marriage date which are usually the lead identifiers for the particular family, along with the Volume, Section & Page information. I also download and attach the image from Ancestry under Media. There may be another way to do it, but this works for me.

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  3. Leslie RigsbyDecember 5, 2016 at 5:11 PM

    Thanks. I wasn't sure if I should call it a generic source. It's clearly based on church records, but it is not a church record, just a compilation.

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  4. Karen JaquishDecember 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM

    My thinking was that the source I'm citing is the database at Ancestry which also contains images of the books, so the database & images option seemed to be the best fit. It happens to be categorized as a Generic Source in Legacy, but I don't see that as a problem. There may be a better way to do it, but this is the way I cite this particular source.

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