Precise and consistent citation helps to demonstrate that your research is based on documentary evidence. It is also crucial to allow other researchers to identify the source, verify information or take any initial research forward.

The following will support you, as a researcher, cite the source material in any research paper or publication. Please also see our copyright guidance for more information.

A source citation contains the following information:

• Name of Institution responsible for records (Jane Cameron National Archives)

• Full Catalogue reference – the alphanumeric code used to identify records and the title of the record if listed

• Internal Identifier – the details of page number or number within the piece (the box, volume, roll)

• Link to the Archives website, and date accessed record, if sourced online

Example of full citation:

For first citation:

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). SHI/REF/1. Shipping Register - 12 January 1842 to 11 March 1879, p4.

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). H14. Government Letter Books (Inward Miscellaneous): Miscellaneous Letters, etc to Government (Governor Moore) - July 1856 to May 1858.

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). P/PNG/19#22. Penguin. 27 May 1929.

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). C5. Volume III Miscellaneous Letters to Government (Governor Rennie) - 22 January 1850 to 31 December 1851. Retrieved from the JCNA website: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.fk/online-collections/government/despatch-letter-books/inward-miscellaneous-to-government-h-volumes/governors-moody-rennie-and-moore-1842-to-1864-c1-to-c5-and-h3-to-h18 (accessed on 1 January 2024).

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). Falkland Islands Company Ltd Collection (FIC). FIC/IW1. FIC Store Ledger D - 1 Oct 1858 to 31 Dec 1868. Retrieved from the JCNA website: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.fk/online-collections/falkland-islands-company-ltd-collection/employees-customers-etc (accessed on 1 January 2024).

Jane Cameron National Archives, Falkland Islands (JCNA). Record of the meeting of the Legislative Council held 6 December 1989.

For subsequent citation:

JCNA. SHI/REF/1, p4.
JCNA. H14.
JCNA. P/PNG/19#22
JCNA. C5. Retrieved from JCNA website 1 January 2024.
JCNA. FIC/IW1. Retrieved from JCNA website 1 January 2024.
JCNA. Record of LegCo 6 December 1989.

Copies of government records may be used freely for private research and educational purposes.

If material is to be used for commercial publication, exhibition or broadcast the written permission of the Jane Cameron National Archives must first be obtained.

Whenever material from the Jane Cameron National Archives is reproduced in any form or in any medium, the user must acknowledge the Jane Cameron National Archives as the source and give all document references (see above).

For non-government records it is your responsibility as the user to ensure that copyright is not infringed and any infringement that does occur is your responsibility.

The Jane Cameron National Archives is undertaking work to digitise the archival records to make them more accessible to people both locally in the Falkland Islands and overseas. It is also a preservation tool, meaning the original archival records do not have to be handled, reducing risk of damage and extending the life of the record.

However, digitisation is a time consuming process to ensure it is done correctly and original documents are in a suitable condition to be digitsed. Some records may not be digitised in order to comply with copyright, privacy and publicity rights, donor restrictions and some records may be too fragile to risk being damaged by the process.

To access our online collection and those records that have been digitised, please visit: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.fk/online-collections