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  US, New York Nat Records part E. Please look at image 2. It is a letter concerning

  Rachel Elvira Nielsen's Naturalization. I am wondering if this should be marked NNED. The actual Pe…

  Answered Closed Lisa Kay Horlacher 21 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by erutherford November 14, 2023
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  How does one translate a date that is written: 10 9bre 1866

  In indexing Belgian marriage records I have encountered months that are written: 10 9bre 1866. How…

  Answered ✓ Closed JexRodneyMichael1 61 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by Lars van Ravenzwaaij November 14, 2023
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  Entry types

  How do I choose an entry type when there are baptisms on the image, but the only choices for entry …

  Answered ✓ Closed KoLynn Gardea 31 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi November 14, 2023
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  Why are thousands of Danish 1921 Census dates of birth indexed wrongly?

  No one who appears in the 1921 Denmark Census can possibly be born AFTER the census was recorded bu…

  Answered Closed LY4 101 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Maile L November 13, 2023
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  US, New York Nat Records part E. In image 2, there are 2 different signatures under

  his picture. How should I index his name? I put GN: Louis Pierre SN: Martin or Martino Is this corr…

  Answered Closed Lisa Kay Horlacher 21 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by erutherford November 13, 2023
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  US, Massachusetts—Naturalization Records, 1790–1946 [Part A]

  Many of these documents have numbers on the top right that look like this example: [247-94]. I t…

  Answered Closed PattCindyLee1 41 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by Melissa S Himes November 13, 2023
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  Quality Check Rejects Date as Too Early

  Batch ID: https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/f37932d2-d5cf-46fd-ba5a-6ca0dca29ae2 Problem:…

  Answered ✓ Closed Cade Joshua Allred 61 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Melissa S Himes November 12, 2023
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  Should other wives and husbands of children be indexed?

  I am currently reviewing US, Montana, Polson—Tribal Genealogies, 1870–1995[MQD5-DHR]. the direction…

  Answered Closed Brian Marti 51 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Melissa S Himes November 12, 2023
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  Can I put information from an image in a neighboring batch into an entry?

  Batch MQD7-YCM is the first page of the Petition of Naturalization which I am reviewing. Page 2 has…

  Answered Closed SullivanJanice1 51 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by SullivanJanice1 November 11, 2023
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  How do you index a suffix on a name?

  Example: Joseph Smith, Jr. When reviewing the index it was listed as: " Joseph , Jr ." u…

  Answered ✓ Closed SleepySunshine 51 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by erutherford November 9, 2023