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Robin Beer VanderRoest
Robin Beer VanderRoest ✭
January 23, 2024 edited September 30, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

My question is about the time allowed to index a batch for a city directory. I started a batch on Saturday (1/20). Over the next three days, I completed three fourths of it. I signed in this morning (1/23) to finish it, only to discover it was no longer available: "The batch US—City Directories, 1866–1940 [Part A] has expired. Please check out another batch."

The instructions said I would have seven days to complete the batch, so I thought I would be fine. "You will have 7 days to complete indexing of the batch, and then you can download another batch. If you do not complete the batch within the 7-day period, it will be removed from your computer."

Are the instructions incorrect / obsolete? I hesitate to start another directory batch, not knowing for sure how long I'll have to complete it.

Thanks for clarifying this for me.

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  • barbaragailsmith1
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    January 23, 2024 Answer ✓

    They just changed the time to only 3 days, and they changed the number you can check out to 9. What a shame that they didn't let those who had some already checked out keep them.

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  • Robin Beer VanderRoest
    Robin Beer VanderRoest ✭
    January 23, 2024

    Ah well. Now I know. Thanks for explaining the change; I hope they update the project instructions as well!

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