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Help Indexing Records from MexicoThis discussion was created from comments split from: Mexico - Civil Registration - rule for when r…
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what is reference number on marriage index?What would I use for the reference number on a marriage index? The page is not numbered. Do I use t…
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United States—Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters,Normally I would just look for the corresponding date in the reference images and be done with it. …
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Indexing individuals living in Canada. It lists the tenant, and also the name of ownerTypically we index the tenants, but some batches list the tenant, and also list the property owner …
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Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, Birth Record QuestionMany of the Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records have births that are registered instead of rec…
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A child marked "slave" has listed in the father's column a name, followed by "estate."Do I use the name listed in the father's column, or mark the father's name as "blank?" Th…
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Canada Tax Assessment directionsThe info for this indexing project states that if the name is an exact duplicate only index the fir…
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Abbreviated Spanish given namesHow do I enter Spanish names that are abbreviated using small super script ending the abbreviation?
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Should I assume that a guardian is the name of the parent?Marriage record has the name of the brides guardian. Should I assume that is the brides fathers nam…
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Should I continue reviewing an image of births with irregularities in the entry items?This work will have about 40-50 entries when completed. At about the 10th entry the order of the en…
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