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US, Virginia Marriage Record 1853-1935 batch M3WK-BJX

colleen A Hodge
colleen A Hodge ✭
August 22, 2021 edited August 23, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

The husband's father is listed as Isaac & .... and then the husband's mother is listed as Letty Jackson. A lot of the names are listed this way. It seems the last name is really the husbands surname and the wife's name is listed with the husbands surname. Knowing that I am not to assume that, do I just write the mother's surname as Jackson and then do not list the father's surname?

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  • colleen A Hodge
    colleen A Hodge ✭
    August 22, 2021 Answer ✓

    Let me use a different example because on the that one the bride and groom had the same last name.

    New example: The Groom is Edgar Emerson. Under the box: Names of their parents is a box called Husband. Listed under that category is Alex &. Listed under the box called Mother is Elizabeth Emerson.

    I am assuming that Alex is Alex Emerson. Not sure if I am allowed to type Emerson for Alex's surname because the surname is not actually typed in his box, it only shows Alex & in his box.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 22, 2021 Answer ✓

    @colleenannettehodge1, if you have already submitted the batch in your question, you need to share another batch to get an accurate answer. I still can't open the one you gave - maybe @Dellory Matthews or someone else can.

    In the meantime, the Project Instructions have three examples. The first one uses a 4 column system where the groom's mother and the bride's father do not have surnames indexed. The second one uses a 4 column system where every parent has a different surname indexed. The third example uses a 2 column system where the parents names are J.C. & A. Hudson and both parents are indexed with the surname of Hudson.

    For new indexers: Project instructions can always be accessed by clicking on the last icon in the tool bar.

    Hope this is helpful.

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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    August 22, 2021 edited August 22, 2021 Answer ✓

    I'm not able to open the batch.

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  • Allison Lathrop
    Allison Lathrop ✭✭✭
    August 23, 2021 Answer ✓

    Batch M3WK-BJX is a record of Brasil Civil records not Virginia marriages.

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  • colleen A Hodge
    colleen A Hodge ✭
    August 23, 2021 Answer ✓

    Sorry it's M3WV-BJX

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 23, 2021 Answer ✓

    You have mixture of situations from each of the examples.

    On the first two where there is no ampersand, I would not index a surname for Joseph or Bailey. We just don't know what their surname is.

    On the next one, all four parents have a different surname.

    When it has an ampersand like Alex & Elizabeth Emerson the husband and wife both share the surname of Emerson.

    The next one all 4 parents have different surnames.

    On the next line, Rebecca would not have a surname indexed.

    And so on.

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  • colleen A Hodge
    colleen A Hodge ✭
    August 23, 2021 Answer ✓

    Thank you!!! That helps a lot. I will just now need to add the husband's surname to the husbands on the ampesand (&) ones.

    Thank You!!!

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 24, 2021 Answer ✓

    Glad to be of help!

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 22, 2021

    I can't open the batch, but, I do work on this project. If the parent's names are written as Isaac & Letty Jackson, then both of them would have the same surname of Jackson. Is the husband's (groom) surname also Jackson?

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  • colleen A Hodge
    colleen A Hodge ✭
    August 23, 2021

    Sorry about that. It's M3WV-BJX

    I did look at the examples but will look again.

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