Question about: US, New England—Petitions for Naturalization, 1787–1906 [Part C] [MQCB-48Y]

summerclinton

I just started reviewing this record. I understand how to fill out the form Petition for Naturalization. Then the next image is about the same person as the first, but this form is the person's Oath Taken By Petitioner. It does not have any new information about the person from the first image. Are we supposed to document both images or just the first image and label the second one as No Extractable Data? Thank you, Summer

Julia Szent-Györgyi

From the "What to Index" section of the Project Instructions: "Index only the following types of documents: Declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, military petitions, oaths of allegiance, ...." (emphasis mine).

In other words, oaths are indexed as if they were separate documents, so the second image in your batch is "yes, should be indexed", with a single entry on it. (The top part of the page, with the witnesses, is not indexed separately; it is treated as a continuation of the petition on the preceding image.)

The image in your batch is very similar to the examples from the instructions of indexing an Oath of Allegiance and Certificate of Admission, especially the second one (https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/images?fs-cache=true&key=idx-deepzoom-image&image=47a5f8ab-25fe-4ead-837a-944cac71b1f6).

summerclinton

Thank you so much. I have been indexing as separate until I saw someone mark it as No Extractable Data. I just wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly. I appreciate you answering me so quickly too. I stopped reviewing until I received an answer. I take reviewing very seriously and wanted to know for sure. Have a great day. Summer