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Marriage banns

Marcia Roughley
Marcia Roughley ✭
July 17, 2021 in Indexing

When indexing marriage banns we are told to use the last date as the date of marriage. But if the actual date of marriage is recorded in the margin, shouldn't we put the actual date in?

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  • CHold
    CHold mod
    July 17, 2021 Answer ✓

    Yes, If you can determine that actual marriage banns date you would use that date. If you cannot determine the actual date you follow the General indexing guidelines for dates.

    • If multiple dates were given for other events, type the most recent or latest date.

    If you have the batch number for this project we can look at if with you and help you determine the date.

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  • Mirevo
    Mirevo ✭✭✭✭
    July 18, 2021

    Please provide the batch number.

    Some marriage banns are not to be indexed.

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  • jallenusa
    jallenusa ✭
    May 27, 2022

    Over the years you run into two marriage dates for the same couple, one is the

    "Banns of Marriage" or when the couple declares their intention to marry.

    Would it be something that could be added to the drop down box instead of having it change the actual

    date of the marriage to the date of when they requested a marriage certificate or declaration of marriage.


    There needs to be somewhere to put this so it doesn't get written over the 

    actual marriage date which happens too often.

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  • maryellenstevensbarnes1
    maryellenstevensbarnes1 ✭✭✭✭
    May 27, 2022

    @jallenusa If you are indexing, please provide the batch number which is found in the brackets to the right of the Project Name, like this [MXXX-XXX]

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