How to index households split over 2 images on Canada 1921 census
I am just getting started on the Canada 1921 census and am a little unsure how to handle households that are split over 2 pages. The PI makes it sound like we need to keep the households together. If so, does that mean that when I get to record 50 and that household has additional members on the next image I need to start adding records (i.e., 51, 52, etc.) to accommodate those household members, or would they get indexed on the subsequent image as record 1, 2, etc. just with the new household indicator indexed as "No"?
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@Bake, John Alfred, Jr —For the Canada 1921 Census or any other census, When you get to line 50 (the bottom line on the image), you are finished with the image you are indexing, the remaining names in a household will be indexed in another batch/image. You can use the -1 reference page to obtain the Household & Dwelling ID when needed. Never index reference pages to "keep a family/household together." See how I've indexed this batch Canada—1921 Federal Census [MQKR-RL1] below
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/881f1679-c013-404e-a1b5-d55373991401
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@Bake, John Alfred, Jr - Here's another tip for Canada Census - from the PI what to remember — when you come to Column 30: Employment other than chief occupation or trade, if any : If the Occupation Type field is not indexed as W, the Is Unemployed field should be indexed as N/A. It should not be left blank.
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The PI says this about households that continue to the next page:
- Index the entry of the first person on the page that is in a new household. Any individuals that are in the same household on the next page should be indexed on the page where the household begins.
If you get to the last household and it continues to the next page, those individuals are indexed on the page you are working on. Then when the next page is indexed you start with the first New household.
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@BoyleEllenLouise1 Admittedly, the Canada Census instructions don't appear to me to be correct fhr the examples given. Please look at the example for the handwritten census
The example of line 3 shows the household number from the minus 1 reference page and that the daughter in this case Mrs. T.B. Francis is indexed on the image on which it appears. We index only the page we see in the batch image because other individuals in the same family/household on other images will be indexed on the images/batches in which they appear. Otherwise researchers won't be able to find or verify these individuals appropriately. Census pages are numbered consecutively because the census taker has no foreknowledge of the size household he visits
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Thanks all for the help. I did finally receive an answer from FamilySearch that indicates that the PI is correct. We should be including names from the same household even if they are continued on the next image. We also should start indexing an image with the first new household:
"Yes, you add extra entries to your image and look ahead to index those individuals.
The Project Instructions tell us: Any individuals that are in the same household on the next page should be indexed on the page where the household begins. View "What to Do When Records Span 2 Images or to View Additional Images" in the "General Indexing Guidelines" section for information about indexing information from adjacent images."
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And just yesterday Aug 19, I spoke to FamilySearch and was told to start with Line 1 of each page, using only the Dwelling I.D. and Household I.D. from the minus 1 reference page. They specifically said to end your image with the bottom line of information which makes me wonder if the GIG refers to adjacent images in your batch which for a census contains only one page. Researchers and families can check adjoining pages for themselves by using the New Household Identifier information at the top of each page: example: "No" would indicate to the researcher that he needs to look at the previous page.
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