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Marriage Banns in the U.K.

susanistoeckerstrachan
susanistoeckerstrachan ✭
November 2, 2021 in Indexing

Hello, I'm new to indexing and I have a question about indexing Marriage Banns from the U.K. As I understand Marriage Banns they have to be publicly posted in the church for 3 weeks. One of the entries has the 3 dates listed and then written underneath the actual date of the marriage.

However in the example of how to index a marriage Bann it took the 3rd date listed and said to enter this as the marriage date.

How do we know this was the actual date?

Another entry on the batch I am working on said 'Certificate given in April" but no date.

The third couple on the page has no date of a marriage or when a certificate was given.

I don't want to enter a wrong date for a wedding. Should I just return this batch since I am new to indexing? Thank you.

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  • Ontymay
    Ontymay ✭✭
    November 2, 2021

    Hi @susanistoeckerstrachan,

    If you share the batch code (the bit in square brackets at the end of the batch name) we can have a look and give you a specific answer (don't submit the batch or we can no longer see it)

    Generally if the marriage date is known you use that, and if not you use the latest date , but it does depend on the project.

    The project help for the date (little purple dot visible when clicked in to the field) may assist

    reply with the batch code and we can check☺️

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