U S county marriage records 1893 -1993 m q x g - 9 n t
how do i index this image? it spans two pages. male names on the first page with a date. then straight across on the next page it has the female names with dates which do not match the male dates.
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The Attention box states: Index each line on the marriage register if it contains a name of a male, female, and a date. You have brides and grooms, but they are not a couple. In this case, it should not be indexed and marked No, No Extractable Data.
HOWEVER, the PI states: If a record does not include a name for the principal person, you should still index the record, marking the principal name fields blank and indexing other names, such as names of the spouse, along with any other fields that are present on the record. According to this instruction, the index should be indexed. You have a name and a marriage date.
Since these are contradictory instructions, consensus around here it to halt all indexing and reviewing until the issue has been resolved. I recommend shelving the project and working on something else while the instructions are fixed.
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