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TrudySumsion1
TrudySumsion1 ✭
November 29, 2022 edited August 16, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

If the record I'm indexing provides only a death date, but not a burial date, and there are no fields provided for the death date, should I use the death date in the burial date fields?

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 29, 2022

    If you click the Burial Date Field Help (the white question mark in purple circle when the field is selected) - it should give you particulars for which Date/Date order you can use for the field.

    You could also share your batch code (in the Help menu or just the combination of letters/numbers at the end of the project name above the orange horizontal line at top of batch window) and then others can look at the particulars for you.

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  • TrudySumsion1
    TrudySumsion1 ✭
    November 29, 2022

    Thank you for your answer. I have already checked the purple circle with the question mark. On all three burial date fields (day, month, year). The information there does not address the question I have. I expected to find help in the project instructions, but have not found any there either. This is why I have reached out to the community. :)

    Ireland, Derry—Church Records, 1740–1913 [Part A][M38J-RLW]

    There you go. I'd be grateful for some light. :)

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 29, 2022

    @TrudySumsion1

    I took a look - this batch is the most complete burial records I have seen in Ireland. I haven't seen very many but these are very nice records - but you are correct it does not give exact burial date. Firstly the record type is Burial/Death - so this means death date implies burial at a nearby subsequent date - so Burial date is a 'death-like' date. All the applicable instructions/helps imply using death date in the burial date fields.

    The Project Instructions> What to Remember about This Project> 3rd from last bullet states:

    Similarly, if you are unsure if a date column refers to a burial date or a death date, index it as a burial date. A burial date will always be after a death date.

    The Project Instructions example for How to index a Death Register display using death date as burial date - and state;

    The following is an example of an image that does not include information for every indexing field. For this record, the available fields would be indexed as follows:

    The Field Help: Burial Year example shows using Death year as Burial Year.

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  • TrudySumsion1
    TrudySumsion1 ✭
    November 30, 2022

    Got it. Thank you very much. I thought I had read the information to which you refer, but I didn't look far enough in the instructions to find it again. Mea culpa. :)

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