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Entry typesHow do I choose an entry type when there are baptisms on the image, but the only choices for entry …
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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…
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US, New York Nat Records part E. In image 2, there are 2 different signatures underhis picture. How should I index his name? I put GN: Louis Pierre SN: Martin or Martino Is this corr…
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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…
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Quality Check Rejects Date as Too EarlyBatch ID: https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/f37932d2-d5cf-46fd-ba5a-6ca0dca29ae2 Problem:…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hi doing this on my tablet,but having a problem ,finished the 1st page ,how do I move to the next lWhat do I do to get to the next image to index ?
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How do I send/direct a batch to another language?Hello, I love doing indexing when I can and only select "English" batches. I'm working on…
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