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What about Different Dates/PET- US, Michigan—Naturalizations, 1880–1995

Michelle Horton
Michelle Horton ✭
March 22 in Indexing

How do I go about reviewing this? The person has the same birthdate, but the PET #'s and date of records are different?


https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/0f52f225-5aaa-4ab4-aba3-c87ecd5f817b
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/0f52f225-5aaa-4ab4-aba3-c87ecd5f817b

Thank you.

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  • Michelle Horton
    Michelle Horton ✭
    March 23

    So I went back to look at the "Indexing Duplicate Images" and all it says is

    • A duplicate image is another photo or a retake of a previous image in the same batch. The duplicate and the original images are both images of the same document or combination of documents, not merely 2 images of similar documents or 2 images of documents about the same people.

    Since it had different information, I just went ahead an created it's own record. If this is not correct, please leave a response.

    Thank you.

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  • erutherford
    erutherford ✭✭✭✭
    March 23 edited March 23

    If two entries are almost identical, you will index both entries, even if it's something as minor as a file number; eg. Image 1 is file #1111 for Mike S. Smith and Image 2 is file #1112 for Mike S. Smith. Your two entries have different dates and PET numbers, which is common for Naturalizations. A PET (Petition of Naturalization) is (was?) the second step in becoming a US Citizen and had to be filed within (mostly) 7 years from the date of the DEC (Declaration of Intention). Sometimes, for a variety of reasons (going back to the "old country" is one I can think of), the 7 years would expire and the petitioner would have to refile at least the PET. I'm by no means a Naturalization expert; this is just what I've learned doing Naturalization records for various states on FS.

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  • Michelle Horton
    Michelle Horton ✭
    April 19

    Thanks for your response @erutherford

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