US, Virginia—Marriage Records, 1730–1901 [Part E] [M3V7-MLR]

airland

I know I read somewhere to index these marriage licenses from top to bottom (instead of left to right). I have reviewed several batches and all of them have been done left to right fashion. Am I wrong? If I am correct - do I mark these to be reindexed and delete the info?

Melissa S Himes

The order does not matter in web-indexing. But, the indexer did miss 50% of the records (the whole right hand page). So, you could send this back for reindexing if you don't feel like entering them yourself! But, I still wouldn't delete the data since it is correct and acceptable.

This form is a little different. The records were originally recorded from left to right (No. 33 ---- No. 34, No. 35 ---- No. 36) so maybe that is why indexers are entering the licenses from left to right.

annewandering

The preferred order of indexing is more for the reviewers convenience so they do not have to hunt through the entries to find the matching ones. The computer just does not care.