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Baptism Registry Question

tashaurban1
tashaurban1 ✭
October 22, 2021 in Indexing

Hi all,

I'm indexing a baptistry registry. The official date of the baptism was recorded as January 16, 1886. However, there's a note to the side from the rector that says "Publicly recorded this day. Privately baptized Nov 12 1885 by me." Which date should I record as the baptism date?

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  • annewandering
    annewandering ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 22, 2021

    Would you share the Shared Batch code so we can look at this? The code is at the end of the Project name above the document window. It is in brackets and starts with the letter 'M'.

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  • tashaurban1
    tashaurban1 ✭
    October 22, 2021

    The batch code is M3DV-989.

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  • scable2001
    scable2001 ✭✭
    October 22, 2021

    We have reviewed the batch (Thank You for that!) and we see where the rector added the not that Gerald Geribaldi was baptised on

    16 Jan 1886 was baptised and birth is 5 Nov 1885 the a note saying he was baptised 12 Nov 1885 - in this case per the first example you would index the info on the first and second column for him. This is how the record holders want the information indexed.

    The researcher will see the special note use the information accordingly as they wish.

    https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/images?fs-cache=true&key=idx-deepzoom-image&image=897cf7e2-d0cd-4132-9dc0-c7adffa10312

    This shows the example that is listed in the Project Instructions


    Thank you for the question! Thank you for your work doing Indexing!

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