South Africa - Membership Registers - How to find Event entries
I am reviewing: South Africa—Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660–1970 [Part C][M36F-LFP].
The Project Instructions for "How to Index a Membership Register" show that the Field entries for Event Day, Month, and Year are taken from the column: Aangekom/Waneer.
However, the Field Help for Event Day gives a different example that shows the Field entry for Event Day is taken from the column: Waneer/Voorgesteld.
The owner of the Project needs to explain what an Event is and how to determine the appropriate column on the Image to find the Event date information.
Better examples for Event dates should be selected.
I have Reviewed 1350 Records of all types from "South Africa—Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660–1970 [Part C]". When Reviewing Membership Registers, if the column "Aangekon/Waneer" was empty or not found, I have entered Blanks for Event Dates. I was confident I was correctly Reviewing that type of Records. Then, today, I looked at the Field Help for Event Day and stopped Reviewing the Batches. Have I been wasting my time or making others have to go in and correct my work?
Contacting a real person for assistance, by making appointments, has not worked for me. Now, when I stumble over Indexing questions, I just pick myself up and either stop working on that type of Batch or I guess what to do and continue on, knowing that someone else may have to correct my work. I will not Review any more Membership Registers until it is clear what the Event is and where to find it.
Answers
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Hi!
I just commented on a previous person's questions about the Dutch Reformed Church records and about finding answers. Look at it and maybe that will help you too. They asked the questions on December 10th (I believe). I just posted a comment today, December 12th. If you can't find it, let me know. I hope I will remember to look back here!!
Marilyn Jones
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