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Latin transcription of names, but record shows in English

P Livingston
P Livingston ✭✭
December 31, 2021 edited August 19, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Hello,

This is an example that I find often when I am reviewing. Please see number # 11 entry, which is a marriage (added to a baptismal record). The indexer has transcribed the English name of the groom into Latin. In the past, I have changed these back to reflect what I see in the record. Indexers may know there Latin conjugation (though I am not always sure they are always correct), but that is not what the record shows. How to proceed? Please advise.

Thank you.

UK, England, Northumberland—Nonconformist Church Records, 1613–1920 [Part B][MSPZ-ZDC]

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  • Mirevo
    Mirevo ✭✭✭✭
    January 1, 2022

    @P Livingston, Thank you for reporting this.

    We index what we see, this project has a very detailed Project Instruction regarding to Indexing Latin Documents:

    • When typing names written in Latin, include any Latin name endings that were used in the document, and do not change the names to their equivalents in English or other languages.

    Thank you for making corrections and submitting this batch.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 1, 2022

    Sorry I missed this before it was submitted, but, why was a marriage record created? If there was a marginal note about a marriage, but, the actual event was a baptism, then there should have only been a record created for the baptism. There is nothing in the instructions that says to index every event. As a matter of fact there is a peculiar instruction that says: Index headstone inscriptions or other burial-type records with birth and death dates as a burial record. Do not create an entry for the birth dates. So this also lends to the fact that we wouldn't create a marriage record to go along with a baptism.

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  • Mirevo
    Mirevo ✭✭✭✭
    January 1, 2022 edited January 1, 2022

    The Project Instructions of this batch: What to index: Third point indicates the following:

    • If a record lists more that 1 event, such as a baptism and a marriage, create separate entries for each event.

    You were correct; a separate entry was needed to index the marriage of Maria Mulligan as you described as entry # 11.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 1, 2022

    Gotcha! My mistake. I was reading the Lancashire Non-Conformist Record project and they don't have the same instructions as these Northumberland records.

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  • P Livingston
    P Livingston ✭✭
    January 1, 2022

    Thanks to everyone for their input. Much appreciated.

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