Batch is asking for Burial Parish--record lists a parish but I don't know if it's the same.
I'm indexing burials in 1714, and one example is "John Buddle from St. Anns" and the batch is asking for the BURIAL parish. Some of the lines in this batch don't have any places recorded, and I'm not sure if St. Anns would be the burial parish, or if that's their home. I guess I don't know enough about churches or places in England! Is a parish a church building/administration, or is it a geographical area?
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My vote: Parish :~= ecclesiastical geographic area
Here's some information that may help: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/St_Anne_Soho,_Middlesex_Genealogy
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That helps with some background info... for this question, I decided not to list St. Ann's as their burial parish, since the record said "from St. Anns," like it was their hometown.
But I've never heard of the familysearch wiki, so that's a huge help! Thank you! :)
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Hello
It's difficult to answer fully without seeing the batch, but as a general answer, the Parish is usually stated at the top of the page of a register and would refer to all the entries on that page. Where it lists a name and says "from, e.g., St. Anne's" that is usually the parish where they lived, not necessarily where the baptism, marriage or burial took place.
A parish is a geographical area served by one parish church - though sometimes parishes are linked together especially in rural areas.
I hope this helps.
Hilary.
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@Kaitlyn Elizabeth Duncan Lofthouse
Some of the lines in this batch don't have any places recorded?
To help you better please post the batch code where your question refers to it is located at the end of the project name it is made of capital letters and numbers within brackets.
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General comment: This is an example of why I think it would be helpful to geoindex a record during the indexing process. In pre-indexing the original records could be 'bounded' geographically. This would mean all places indexed would need to reside within those bounds. For fields indicating from/to - possibly outside those bounds - those fields could be 'left open' and not bounded geographically. Some of the indexing projects I've worked on sort of use this already - think list of places. Of course if the place is not in FamilySearch's standardized place names there should also be a mechanism to submit it to be standardized during indexing. One problem with this is variant spellings sorted to the correct standardized place name - which generally would require specific localized knowledge or research of places.
Specific to the question: I agree from the question we don't know specific death/burial location- other than it is likely to be nearby St. Anne parish. Unfortunately it sounds like - unless the reference is in the same field as other burials on the page - this is the best that could be assumed by the researcher. The indexer on the other hand probably only has the option to leave burial place <BLANK>.
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