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There are a number of 1/2 filled in entries in my record

Cheryl Ann Nelson
Cheryl Ann Nelson ✭
February 10, 2022 edited August 16, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

I am going to show you a couple of entries and would like to know if you think that the first is the husband of the second and that all of the information on the second should also go on the first?

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I have been filling the first with blanks, other than the name, but it seems to me that this is an incorrect thing to do... although filling it in like this would be just a guess.

I have duplicated information where there is a { between multiple entries. I have also duplicated and added Mrs as the prefix to an entry that has &wf in it -- I hope that is right as well.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 10, 2022 Answer ✓

    I will give you my best guess, @Cheryl Sutter. This looks like a Land Record, or a Deed Index where you have Grantors and Grantees and we create a record for each individual involved in a transaction.

    Looking at that snippet, you would create a record for Gurdon S Blackwell and Norman A Kyle with all the appropriate fields filled in from the line below. Then there would be a record created for Dorothy E Blackwell and Norman A Kyle, repeating the information.

    You do not create a record when &wf is written on the document. You only create a record when the wife's name is on the record. For instance you would NOT create a record stating Mrs Kyle on this snippet.

    Hope that helps. If not, share your next batch where you see this configuration of names.

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  • PiperTWilson
    PiperTWilson ✭✭✭
    February 10, 2022

    @Cheryl Sutter - Would you please share your batch number so that the folks who have the knowledge can help you better?

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 10, 2022

    The batch code is the series of letters and numbers in brackets following the project title. You may also click on the third icon from the right and see the link to the image and also the batch code.

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  • Cheryl Ann Nelson
    Cheryl Ann Nelson ✭
    February 10, 2022

    I just returned it. Sorry.

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  • Cheryl Ann Nelson
    Cheryl Ann Nelson ✭
    February 17, 2022

    Thank you for your help. I did record records that said &wf as the person and then Mrs the person. Sorry. :-(

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