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HEADS UP for Pre-1907 Wisconsin Death Records

maryellenstevensbarnes1
maryellenstevensbarnes1 ✭✭✭✭
June 26, 2021 in Indexing

I'm indexing Pre-1907 Wisconsin Death Records 1860-1907 and found this entry "Washington E C Co" for Residence At Time of Death and for Place of Death. With a little research, I found this to be an abbreviation for "Washington "(refers to the town of Washington) "E C Co" (refers to Eau Claire County) - knowing this will save all of us lots of mistakes in both indexing and reviewing 😎😎 Have fun Mary

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  • SusanMullenPelton
    SusanMullenPelton ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 26, 2021

    Great information! However we need to remember the instruction in Field Help, Death County, 1st paragraph that tells us not to expand or correct county names. "Type the name of the death county as it was written. Do not correct misspellings or expand abbreviations."

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  • maryellenstevensbarnes1
    maryellenstevensbarnes1 ✭✭✭✭
    July 1, 2021

    Thanks - I should have incorporated that into my Heads Up -

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