Richard S. Lackey. Cite Your Sources..Jackson
MS, University Press of Mississippi, 1980.
This is a good, simple, inexpensive
paperback manual for documenting family histories and genealogical
records. Read the intro for its encouragement of proper procedures
especially for a nonprofessional, nonscholar or genealogical
hobbyist.
Kate L. Turabian. A Manual for Writers. Chicago, University
of Chicago Press, -- I have the fifth edition, 1987. No doubt
there are newer ones, especially where internet and digital documentation
needs to be provided.
In an inexpensive paperback, Turabian
guides you to a finished formal manuscript acceptable at the university
level.