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No registrar date is listed, but a sub-registrar date IS listed--do I use it?

gnat
gnat ✭
April 5, 2021 in Indexing

No registrar date is listed, but a date IS listed on the SUB-registrar line. Do I index the SUB-registrar date or index as <BLANK>? (Instructions say "do not index sub-registrar" date, but can we assume that means if the registrar date is listed? Or does it mean to always ignore the sub-registrar date?

(Currently working on Wisconsin Death Records:)

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  • Lisa Kay Horlacher
    Lisa Kay Horlacher ✭✭✭
    April 6, 2021 edited April 6, 2021 Answer ✓

    gnat, You are correct, when given the choice, not to index the sub-registrar's date. Good job on reading the field help as closely as you have. In the Project Instructions, on the 3rd example, it shows the sub registrar date being used.

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    I think you are correct to use the sub-registrar's date in the absence of the registrar's.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 5, 2021

    I'm going to tag @Lisa Kay Horlacher since she does alot of work answering questions about Wisconsin Records in the Indexing Chat group.

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  • Shannon Potter Wilcox
    Shannon Potter Wilcox mod
    April 7, 2021

    @gnat There is also an Indexing Chat community that is also a great resource.


    https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/100-indexing-chat

    Happy Indexing

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