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In the US Marriage documents they list marriage year as 1855-77 how do you index this?

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annetteseaver1
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December 26, 2023 edited September 30, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

In the US marriage documents they list the marriage year as 1855-77 the form will not

allow this. How should this be indexed?

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  • erutherford
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    December 26, 2023 Answer ✓

    You index the latter date, 1877. From General Indexing Guidelines/Indexing Dates in the Project Instructions:

    If multiple dates were given for other events, type the most recent or latest date.

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  • annetteseaver1
    annetteseaver1 ✭
    December 27, 2023

    thanks

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