Split scanned records
I am currently scanning "South Africa—Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660–1970 [Part F]". Unfortunately, the complete record is scanned as two separate images. The one image is the current image and the next image is a reference image. Without the reference image, the event for the date shown cannot be determined without the reference image. (Please see the images above/below). Since the reference image +1 shows a birth date the date in the current image must be the christening (baptism) date. I can see the two are linked but matching may not always be possible. From the instructions, I must reject the image +1 if I ever receive it as a current image for indexing because a date linked with the names of witnesses is meaningless. This is such a pity because it means that vital information will be lost. As a South African of Dutch descent, I am pained by this loss of data, not only for the Dutch Reformed Church and its members but for myself and other South African Members doing research. Are you able to offer some information to calm my troubled heart?