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LarryClark43
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August 4, 2021 edited August 23, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

yes I am asking more strange questions.

I am working on US, Virginia—Marriage Records, 1853–1935[M3WV-X3L] .

I have reviewed the document, then filled in the obvious, then reviewed the writing helps, then gone through again and have done my best to decipher the squiggles.


At this point do I submit the batch or is there some way I should mark the names that can't possibly be right?

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/a8d58150-522b-45f1-bd0c-5b33a4f26811

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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    August 4, 2021 Answer ✓

    Great question!

    Answer: we use wildcards for what we can't decipher. ? = one unknown letter and * = multiple unknown letters.

    Full information here:

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-index-unreadable-information

    Also, you will find helpful information in the General Indexing Guidelines in the Project Instructions.

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