Format
Where should the footnote be located if the entire paragraph is from the same source?
At the end.
In family history courses, which verb tense should you use?
Past tense.
What elements are essential in forming a complete sentence?
Subject and Predicate !!!
wut iz sumthin thet evry singel wun uv u iz greatfull 4 in Wurd?
spellcheck
Which punctuation describes the following:
1. Follows an initial in a name
2. Follows an abbreviation
3. Ends a sentence
What is a period?
Bibliography
What kinds of verbs does passive voice typically fall around?
"To be" verbs.
What is wrong with this sentence's structure?
A couple reasons for researching genealogy is understanding history and connecting family trees.
subject/verb agreement
In the context of writing in family history, why should someone worry about the use of pronouns in a paragraph, especially when referring to multiple people?
CLARITY. The reader might be confused about which person the writer is referring to.
When a HIST 439 student comes in and reads this sentence, what is wrong with it?
Mary Ann Smith was from Utah County, Utah, Provo United States.
Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States.
MUST be listed in increasing order of geographic area/jurisdiction. AND must have commas in between each area.
True or False:
There should be a space between the punctuation and footnote number.
False:
The footnote number directly follows any punctuation.
Change the following example to active voice:
The county court tax records were obtained by Sally.
Sally obtained the county court tax records.
What is wrong with this sentence's structure?
In the Utah County Records office, there were multiple records accounting for my ancestors that migrated here in the early 1800's when they had to leave Missouri because they were being persecuted by the Missouri government, but they arrived here safely.
It's a run-on !!
What is the difference between affect/effect?
affect: VERB
effect: NOUN
RAVEN (Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun)
How should this list be punctuated?
Torrance California Cheshire Connecticut and Houston Texas
Torrance, California; Cheshire, Connecticut; and Houston, Texas
When using multiple sources in a single statement, how many superscript numbers do you use?
One.
Bonus: Where are the other citations placed?
Why should we use past tense instead of past perfect tense in family history writing?
Because it is too wordy.
In the context of sentence structure, what is a great way to maintain interest of the reader?
Varying sentence length/structure
Joneses'
What is wrong with this sentence?
The Vital Records in the 1856 Census described my great-great grandmother's occupation.
Vital Records and Census should NOT be capitalized because they are descriptive words.
Which of the following Chicago style footnote format is incorrect:
1. Indent 1/2" from the left margin
2. No space between the superscript number and the start of the citation.
3. No line space between each footnote.
#3. No line space between each footnote.
Give an example of past perfect tense.
:)
What is wrong with this sentence's structure?
Because family history is gaining importance in the world, especially in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and also gaining relevance to younger populations.
incomplete sentence !!
What writing style is something that Word doesn't catch, a thesaurus might be necessary for, and that professors are constantly complaining about in students' writing?
REPETITION
Which of the following should be italicized?
names of people
names of ships
names of places
names of ships !
also, titles of books (in-text & footnotes/bibliography), and titles of websites