Do we index the yearend summary of baptisms, marriages, deaths from Belgium Namur Civil Records?
I'm reviewing a batch from Belgium, Namur Civil Records. Individual birth, marriage, and deaths are used as examples in the project instructions. This particular batch contains 3 pages of the end of the year summary of baptisms (listing name of child, date of birth, and # of registration); marriages (listing names of bride and groom, date, and # of registration); and deaths (name of deceased, and date). These lists are entitled: "Liste Alphebetique Annualle". The indexer noted that there was no information to extract. The instructions do not specifically provide an example of this type of page, so it could be inferred from the examples not to do these pages.
In my own Belgium research, I have had record hints linking to pages like this summary. In some cases, the full record has been lost (page missing, or became illegible). My inclination would be to index each individual name as separate entries--even though the information is partial. In this case I would need to resubmit for re-indexing.
I'm just starting as a reviewer and would appreciate counsel on this. I would expect most of the Belgium civil records will contain similar pages, so this would be a common issue.
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You are correct to index these records!
We find this statement in the Project instructions What to Index first bullet point which reads: Index all birth, marriage, and death records, regardless of whether the event occurred outside the date range shown in the project title. The names and the month and day of the event are shown on the document. The reviewer may be able to see the year of the documents by looking at the reference images.
Since these have a date and a name we will index these records.
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to index and review these records! Keep up the great work!
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Thank you :) Here is the batch code:
For note, I have tentatively changed the initial pages to "Yes" to indicate a need to index the pages. Additionally, I found no corrections needed on the full records that were indexed.
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Interestingly, I have now received a batch of 4 images with only pages of annual summaries, like the several from that previous batch. I'm going to go ahead and index each individual name separately--unless someone has definitive information that I shouldn't :) thank you all !
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