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Four things
Version
Public Beta · Version 0.1
Last reviewed
Reviewed 2026
Researcher
Amberly R. Carter-Mills
Stable URL
https://beforetill.com
By object type
Citation forms
An individual person profile
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "[Person name], [persistent ID]." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. Last reviewed 2026. [stable URL] (accessed [date]).
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Laura Tolliver Smith, BT-PER-00003." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. Last reviewed 2026. https://beforetill.com/family/laura-tolliver-smith (accessed 1 March 2026).
An evidence case
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "[Case title]." Evidence case [number], BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. [stable URL] (accessed [date]).
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Hilliard Taliaferro / Tolliver." Evidence case 002, BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. https://beforetill.com/case/hilliard-tolliver (accessed 1 March 2026).
The family reconstruction
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "The Smith Family Reconstruction, 1870–1910." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. [stable URL] (accessed [date]).
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "The Smith Family Reconstruction, 1870–1910." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. https://beforetill.com/reconstruction (accessed 1 March 2026).
A relationship result
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Relationship analysis: [Person A] and [Person B]." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. Conclusion version [n], last reviewed [date]. [stable URL] (accessed [date]).
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Relationship analysis: Emmett Till and Amberly R. Carter-Mills." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. https://beforetill.com/relationship/emmett-till/amberly-carter-mills (accessed 1 March 2026).
A research brief
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "[Brief title]." Research brief [ID], version [n], BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Published [date]. [stable URL].
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Bettie Alexander Tolliver: the silent years." Research brief BT-BRF-00003, version 1, BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. https://beforetill.com/case/bettie-alexander-tolliver/brief.
A Time Machine view
Form
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "The archive in [year]." Evidence Time Machine (beta), BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. [stable URL] (accessed [date]).
Example
Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "The archive in 1870." Evidence Time Machine (beta), BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive, Public Beta · Version 0.1. https://beforetill.com/time-machine?year=1870 (accessed 1 March 2026).
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