Source free space for personally compiled research documents [closed]

Question

I recently started looking into free space profiles and created a free-space source for a book that was written by a 2nd cousin of my father but is now hard to find since it was a self-published book.

There are a few benefits to this that I noticed:

• You can track any profile that references that particular source (if they link to the free space).
• You can include information about errata, update history, etc.
• You can provide direct links to the source on the free space, including backup links (such as the web archive) so that people can always access it.
• Anyone referencing that source can easily copy the syntax for a clean, uniform citation.

I would like those same benefits to apply to documents containing my own research that I have put online on my personal website. I also have documents from my grandfather's possessions with family trees and cemetery diagrams that I have scanned and would like to save for anybody to reference. So, my question is, is that an appropriate use of free-space sources? For example, I have a document that I put online about the family of Henry Jasper Duke. I'd like to be able to add that source to all of the profiles involved and track which ones are linked.

I know free-space profiles are sort of open for any use, but I prefer to follow the same convention as others. Before I go any further, I wanted to check and see if this was an appropriate usage of this function. Any tips or recommendations?

Comments

For future readers, personal sources that follow some of these recommendations are:

• The Lineage of Henry Jasper Duke (1845-1928)
• Andrew McCarty & Ruth Reese Family Tree

Other published sources that follow the recommendations pertaining to physical vs. online books and sources owned by WikiTree are:

• Snap and Me and the Marshalls
• A History of Panola County, Texas (1819-1978)

Answer 1

See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:How_to_Share_Sources_on_WikiTree

You've basically got it, but might consider adding sections for WikiTreers who own this (and might be willing to do lookups), and Where to find it online if it's available. 

I also added an assessment of accuracy to this example https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Family_Record_of_James_Crawford_%281774-1845%29_of_Washington_County%2C_Pennsylvania_and_Medina_County%2C_Ohio, as I felt it warranted that. Then I added all the profiles it's listed on, mostly for my own tracking purposes, honestly. 

Lastly, there are pages for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-Family_Genealogies

and 

books owned by wikitreers

that you can add your info to. 

If you have questions, send Rick Pierpont a message (profile manager of those links) or post here on G2G again. 

Comments

Thanks for the answer and especially the example. That's what I was looking for. I found Rick's example on Source Free-Space Guidelines which was helpful, but didn't seem to address sources that were not officially published.