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Are the marriage date and the license-issued date the same?

Huntsman, Claire Olivia
Huntsman, Claire Olivia ✭
November 18, 2021 in Indexing
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/28c4f28a-72b8-4eef-96b9-cc281fb760e5


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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 18, 2021 Answer ✓

    @Huntsman, Claire Olivia

    Sometimes, yes; many times, no.

    Some locations have a mandatory waiting period between obtaining the license and the date of the marriage.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 18, 2021 Answer ✓

    Hi Claire Olivia.

    On this project, as with many of the marriage projects, there is a drop down priority list in the field helps. The field helps are accessed by clicking on the purple question mark that appears when we click on a field. For your batch, you would index the license date since no marriage date is indicated.

    Field Help:

    If a marriage date was not indicated, type the date based on the following priority:

    1. License date
    2. Latest banns date
    3. Consent date
    4. Recording date
    5. Any date other than a birth date


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  • Huntsman, Claire Olivia
    Huntsman, Claire Olivia ✭
    November 18, 2021

    @Áine Ni Donnghaile I presume that means that I just mark each one blank, since there's no way to tell for sure. Correct?

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  • Huntsman, Claire Olivia
    Huntsman, Claire Olivia ✭
    November 18, 2021

    Thanks for your help, @Áine Ni Donnghaile and @Melissa S Himes!

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  • judyannehenry1
    judyannehenry1 ✭✭
    November 18, 2021 edited November 18, 2021

    Huntsman, Claire Olivia ✭

    November 17


    @Áine Ni Donnghaile I presume that means that I just mark each one blank, since there's no way to tell for sure. Correct?


    No, you would Index the License date as per instructions Melissa S Himes showed. The batch you reference above clearly indicates the license date. Do NOT leave those fields blank.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 18, 2021

    Not sure why you tagged me, @judyannehenry1

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