should I index crossed out info about a child's marital status in this 2008 Census?
in this batch the people under the age of 10 have their marital status recorded as never married, but then it was crossed out. I think it makes since to have that crossed out for a child, but I don't know if I should index that info as recorded though it was crossed out or if I should mark it as blank. what do I do?
this is the link to the batch
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/fa35306d-8233-4703-99b9-c7aaf28d9110
Thank you!
Best Answer
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This is a great question. In the General Project Instructions we find the following:
When information was crossed out, corrected, canceled, or marked void, follow the instructions for “crossed out” that match the situation.
- When information was crossed out and then replaced, type the new information in the appropriate fields.
- When information was crossed out, was not replaced, and can be read, type the crossed-out information.
- When information was crossed out, was not replaced, and cannot be read, mark the field as unreadable by pressing Ctrl+U, or on the indexing toolbar, click the
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If I understand your question correctly, this information would be indexed - it was crossed out, but is readable. I hope this was helpful. Thank you for all your hard work.
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