South African Burial Records Lot Number Files
The last two batches for South African Burial records I have downloaded are only grave/lot number recordings. They only have names and grave numbers, no dates or birthdates. Do I index these and only enter the name, marking everything else as blank? They don’t even list the cemetery. They just say city of Johannesburg.
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Index both batches, blanking out everything else.
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Yes, index the name and mark everything else blank. This is from the Field Help (purple question mark). This is for a day (death/burial/birth), but it's a general guideline of what to do when something is not recorded.
If the day was not recorded or was written as a variation of the word "unknown," press Ctrl+B to mark this field blank.
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Thanks for your help. I guess my question really is if these count as burial records or should be marked as a non-extractable file. The directions say not to index anything that isn't a burial record, so I wasn't sure if this counted or not.
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Could you provide the batch code? The batch code is seven digits in brackets located at the top of your indexing screen and looks like this [1111-AAA]. You can also find the code under Batch --> About Batch on the upper left hand side of the screen.
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Yes. They are [M3LN-5C3] and [M3LN-5HZ]. Sadly, there is no sample in the instructions for this type of file. Thanks Again!
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