Is the image 2 a duplicate?

larisaveselova

Hello, dear experts! I need your help:

In the batch Malta—Passport Applications, 1865–1943 [Part B][M3JZ-M21] the second image is almost the same except photos. I would like to check should I reviewing the batch save it or mark with "No, no extractive data"?

With love, Larisa V.

LarryClark43

The only difference I can see between the two images is that in #2 the photo of the lady is flipped up to show the endorsement on the back the photo. As far as I could tell it gives no additional information. I would mark it as a duplicate of 1.

I am however not an expert so maybe you should get a second opinion.

John Empoliti

@larisaveselova

I can tell you that image #2 is NOT a duplicate of image #1 because of the differences noted. In image #2 the wife's photo (an "overlay") has been flipped up to reveal information on its back and what it was overlaying. The General Indexing Guidelines (GIG) has instructions for indexing overlays - see below. . This "overlay" is a photo with authentication on the back, and flipping it up or leaving it down doesn't reveal any different indexable information. So, this instruction doesn't come into play.

I don't work on these records, so perhaps wait for the advice of someone who has experience with these records regarding what to do with the second image. But, if you index image #2, you will get the same entry as that for #1 (I haven't checked the correctness of that entry). So, either entry will draw Researchers to both images by looking right or left at an adjacent image. IMO you could index both of them or just the first (marking the second NED) and give Researchers effectively the same result—a judgment call.

Overlays

Occasionally you will come across an image that is partially covered by another document on top of it, referred to as an overlay. When this occurs, do the following:

• If the overlay contains information about a record type being indexed in the project, create a separate record, and index the information in the corresponding fields. If it does not pertain to the record type being indexed in the project, then do not index any information from it.
• Do not try to index any information underneath the overlay that may be visible.

Melissa S Himes

Since the only thing different in image 2 is that it has the overlay, and the overlay does not contain any indexable information, it would be marked No, No Extractable Data in step 1.