Hungarian Indexing problem- Keresztelo
Firstly, my apologies for writing in English - my Hungarian/Magyar is almost non- existent. I have posted this problem on the English forum, but a Hungarian Indexer may know the answer!
I have been indexing hundreds of Hungarian BMD records, most in Magyar, and some in German or Latin. No great problem so far, but sometimes the system brings up baptisms in Latin (probably recorded by the parish priest) - but apart from some dates of death being recorded, there are no dates of birth. The system does not seem to offer a blank input form for recording just baptisms, but surely we have something that works? The only entry type offered for these so far are the usual BMD, albeit the data required for each by the Hungarian system varies a bit, with different versions for different source material, so-to-speak.
The latest batch I have is Indexing Tool — FamilySearch.org (click on this link to 1873 baptisms). A heck of a lot of data - but can we input it, or does the system need the addition of baptisms in the entry types available? Or do we only index the deaths that are in the listings?
I am English, so a reply in English would help, please. I am holding onto this batch for the moment, in the hope someone knows the answer. Thanks.
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This appears to be a baptismal index which happens to also record some deaths. It is therefore not a Jewish vital register, which is what the project is supposed to be indexing. So my vote is for "no, this image should not be indexed [in this project]" -- but I've only worked on this project a few times, so I don't know how prevalent such clearly-not-Jewish material is among these images.
I've gotta ask, though: why are you indexing in languages you don't even know?
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Hi Julia
Have no fear - I may not use these languages, but I have very good resources in terms of dictionaries, an awareness of language structure, etc., and I relish the challenge of tackling Hungarian records, given my own ancestry. Perhaps one day I will come across my own father's family, which I haven't found in any indexes so far. Believe you me, I have worked through and input over 2200 records without problems, albeit they stretch the brain sometimes!
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Following on from Julia's observations, and the instructions in 'Help' screens where the input screen doesn't match the image, I will be marking this batch/image "No, no extractable data". Hopefully it will then be put into a more appropriate project. Thanks.
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