US, Kansas—Naturalization Records, 1862–1982 [MQVG-6W4]
Okay, I have never seen a document like this before. Image 1 and Image 2 have what looks like an overlay…. however, is it just an addition? The list is for children. Not sure if I did these correctly. Did I put the correct petition No?
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/d38536ae-88c4-480b-99af-4bd3ceefe8af
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If there is an overlay, the document(s) are not indexed. The overlays on both documents are Naturalization stubs which was something the person carried to show their immigration status.
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As eruthford says, the overlays mean that the lists will not be indexed regardless of whether they're indexable types or not, but I think the overlays may be indexable. The second point under "what to index" says:
- Index only the following types of documents: Declarations of intention,
petitions for naturalization, petitions for citizenship, military
petitions, oaths of allegiance, naturalization certificates, certificate
stubs, final orders, alien registrations, repatriation records,
certificates of admission, and name change records.
(Emphasis added.) I believe "certificate stubs" is exactly what those two cards are, which means that the general guideline about overlays applies: if the overlay is an indexable record type, index it, but do not index anything from the document underneath, even if it's readable.
0 - Index only the following types of documents: Declarations of intention,
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Thank you for your responses! So I only indexed the certificate stubs or overlays. I used the number at the top and for the date of record I put "Date Certificate Issued". Is this correct? Now I know what a Certificate Stub looks like!
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There is an example of indexing a stub in the project instructions; it looks nothing like these cards, but has mostly the same sorts of data on it. (It's fairly typical for later records to have less information than earlier ones; experience led to processes and paperwork getting streamlined.)
The example shows the "date of order" indexed in the date fields; the newer style in your batch has both a "date of order of admission" and a "date certificate issued". They're both filled out identically, so deciding between them is a moot point, but if they were different, you'd index the more recent of the two, since both dates "relate to the naturalization process". (Both the example and the individual field helps repeat the instruction: "If the document includes more than 1 date, type the most recent date that relates to the naturalization process." They all use the numeral 1 instead of writing it out, which is jarring to me; I learned to write out all numbers below ten in all prose-like contexts.)
(Too long, didn't read: yeah, looks right to me.)
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