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US, Virginia-Vital Records: Birth Date only, no other indexable information

f begly
f begly ✭
July 10, 2022 in Indexing

US, Virginia—Vital Records, 1715–1901 [Part B][M3R8-9ZT]

The first line has only a birth date. Should I index it?

Thank you.

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  • erutherford
    erutherford ✭✭✭✭
    July 10, 2022 Answer ✓

    PI says:

    • If a record does not include a name for the primary person, you should still index the record, marking the primary name fields blank and indexing other names, such as names of the parents, along with any other fields that are present on the record.


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  • erutherford
    erutherford ✭✭✭✭
    July 10, 2022 edited July 10, 2022

    You will index it, leaving the birth year blank, if you cannot locate one

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  • f begly
    f begly ✭
    July 10, 2022

    To clarify, the line has NO other information, including names. I ascertained the birth year by looking at previous screens.

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

    If there is no information, not even a single name of a parent, and no date, then you don't have anything to index.

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