baptism date and marriage info
Batch MQJH-RJL from Zimbabwe, Masvingo—Church Records, 1931–2022.
Two questions:
1 - the date indexed as baptism date is listed in a column labeled 'et' (document is in Latin). I assume this is the baptism date, as it is the most prominent date and the list of names is listed as Baptizatus, but it is not directly identified as such. Is this ok to assume it is the baptism date?
2 - There is another column I assume including marriage info with spouse name and marriage date labeled Matrimonium Conjunctus. Should this be indexed as a separate marriage entry?
Answers
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The column headings are "born on day month year and on day month year was baptized (Christian name) (pagan name), son (or daughter) of (name of father) and (name of mother)", then a bunch of stuff that I'm not even gonna try to figure out because it's not indexed in any case, then columns for confirmation, marriage, and death. ("Confirmed, Married to (when and where), Died (when and where)".) In the best tradition of such things, the first column's heading has been ignored; it is filled out with approximate ages instead of dates. The second column, however, contains dates, and yes, those are baptismal dates, despite the heading only getting the word "and" in it.
I cannot find anything in the project instructions about your second question. A clarification from someone in authority would be good, because I've seen this go both ways: in some projects, only the primary event is to be indexed, while in others, later annotations like these get their own index entries. @Ashlee C., are you the person to flag for such queries?
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