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Merrillee Francom
Merrillee Francom ✭
November 30, 2022 edited August 16, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Zimbabwe, Archdiocese of Harare—Church Records, 1892–2021 [Part C][MQMB-H17]

Instructions state birthday is shown first, and baptism dates second, but records I'm seeing are showing a later year first and earlier year second even though it does look like second date should be baptism date. So not sure how to index. Any suggestions?

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 30, 2022 Answer ✓

    The batch you are indexing lists the baptismal date first (1964 8 February) for a child born (natum) 19 Oct 1963.

    Not every church used the same form. The examples are what you may find, not necessarily exactly what you will see.

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  • Merrillee Francom
    Merrillee Francom ✭
    November 30, 2022 Answer ✓

    thank you!

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  • MinnWisRoots
    MinnWisRoots ✭✭✭✭
    November 30, 2022

    Sorry this doesn't answer your question. I couldn't figure them out either. As the Project Instructions say:

    Records in this project are primarily in English or Latin. If you download a batch that is in a language you are uncomfortable indexing, simply return it for someone else to index, and download a new project.

    That's what I've been doing with those particular forms. Right now there are still plenty of others to work on.

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