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US, Virginia Marriage Records 1853-1935 M3WK-BJX

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

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. Do I just put 'Blank' for his surname?

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

    Since this is a duplicate question, I will copy and paste the answer I created for the other post.

    The batch is M3WV-BJX

    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.  (Example 1)

    On the next one, all four parents have a different surname. (Example 2)

    When it has an ampersand like Alex & Elizabeth Emerson the husband and wife both share the surname of Emerson.  (Example 3)

    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

    Thank you again!

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