DOB year on New Jersey Geographic Birth Indexes to be within date range?
I understand the first number being the birth year (as stated from a recent previous question). However, the year range is 1925-29 on this one, but the first date is 6 Jan1. So, would the year be 1906 or 1926... to be within the year range at the top?
Thanks.
Rosalyn
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It is always best to share your batch so these can be further investigated by looking at the film. But, I investigated the same question last night on another platform.
The date range on the top of the image was 1902-1906. The person was born 2 Jul 19. I used the Image Name from About Batch, found the image on the film and found out that the person was born in 1902.
The field help says:
If only a 2-digit number was recorded, you can sometimes determine the first 2 digits of the 4-digit year from other information, such as the project dates or other contextual information on the image.
The contextual information on these images is the year range.
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Since the range is 1925-1929, the year can only be one of those 5 years.
5 will indicate 1925, 6 will mean 1926, 7 will be 1927, and so on.
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