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Vanderdoes, Angelica Dawn
Vanderdoes, Angelica Dawn ✭
December 27, 2021 in Indexing

If I am unable to decipher a name, should I just leave the box blank, guess, or how would I handle that?

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 27, 2021

    You could share the batch so others could try to help decipher it by posting the batch code (the series of letters/numbers in brackets after the project title: [XXXX-XXX]

    Or you could use your wildcards. A question mark is for one undecipherable letter and an asterisk is for multiple undecipherable letters. For example:

    John Smythe might look like this: J?hn S*the

    You should not less the box blank.

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  • Vanderdoes, Angelica Dawn
    Vanderdoes, Angelica Dawn ✭
    December 27, 2021

    thank you so much!

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