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Cite this Site APA Style
That being said, it’s always best to cite your sources. So, if you use something from this site, cite this site. Here’s the APA format:
Author last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Blog/Publication Name. URL
Here’s what a citation for this very page would look like:
Taylor, E. S. (2022, June 4) Copyright and Usage. Erin Family History. https://erinfamilyhistory.com/copyright-and-usage/
And, within your text:
(Taylor, 2022)\
Cite this site casually
Just make sure that you make note of where you got the information or media and when you got it and put that in your content. Example:
“I got this photo of John Doe, taken in 1931, from ErinFamilyHistory.com on 4 Jun 2022.”
It’s polite and will help you in the future when you can’t remember where you got your information from.