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Ambiguous Date on Johannesburg Cemetery Record

Zachary Adamson
Zachary Adamson ✭
October 22, 2022 edited August 16, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Batch M3YC-1NV

1st question: there is a date listed on the top right of these records. Is that what I would put in the date of burial field? I don’t see any other field to put that date in, and it seems like it doesn’t go in the death date field.

2nd question: the date listed is “02-05-03.” I have no idea which one is the month, day, or year. Online I read that Johannesburg standard date short format is year-month-day. So this could be 2002-May-03? Or it could be Feb-02-2003. I checked nearby records in the available images and they all have the same date, so I would need to see a different batch to look for a pattern of how the date is listed.

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  • erutherford
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    October 22, 2022 edited October 22, 2022 Answer ✓

    I would put this as this as the burial date.

    For over a century, South Africa was under British rule and subsequently used the British dating format of day/month/year, so 02-05-03 translates into May 2, 2003. SA's long-date format is still day/month/year.

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  • DHilary2
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    October 22, 2022 Answer ✓

    Hello,

    According to the formula which seems to have been followed in all of the examples quoted in the Project Instructons, i.e. day/month/year the date would be 2nd May 2003. It really isn't clear what that date refers to - probably the record date, for which there is no suitable field to enter it into. Maybe somene else has a better idea?

    The name of the cemetery is "Avalon", not Johannesburg.

    I hope this helps.

    Hilary.

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  • erutherford
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    October 22, 2022 edited October 22, 2022

    Any time you see "Johannesburg City Parks" or similar, this means the custodian that takes care of the cemeteries in Johannesburg. There is a Johannesburg Cemetery, but it has been closed for well over a century.

    Here's a list of the most well-known cemeteries in Johannesburg.

    https://www.jhbcityparksandzoo.com/services-facilities/cemeteries/joburg-cemeteries


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  • Zachary Adamson
    Zachary Adamson ✭
    October 24, 2022

    Thank you @erutherford and @DHilary2! Both of your answers were very helpful. It was also helpful to realize that the cemetery is called Avalon. I will put May 2, 2003 as the burial date. Thanks!

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