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Dash in place of surname in US, Indiana—Mortality Schedules, 1860–1880[MQ82-VPT]

keric01
keric01 ✭
September 26, 2023 edited September 30, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Hello,

I am indexing US, Indiana—Mortality Schedules, 1860–1880[MQ82-VPT]. I see that there are a couple of instances where there is a dash instead of the surname. Since this is a mortality schedule, and not a census record, does this still mean that it is the same surname as the person above? In other words, should I transcribe it as [Blank], or enter the same surname again?

Many thanks for your input!

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 26, 2023 Answer ✓

    This actually is a census record listing people who died that year. I would bring the names down if they have a line, which indicates ditto.

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  • keric01
    keric01 ✭
    September 26, 2023

    Got it. Thank you so much! Will do.

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