I am working on US, New York, Erie—Index to Land Records, Grantors, 1630–1975 [Part A] [MS15-N7P]
On Line 9 in the Grantor's column it lists what appears to be 3 Given names: Catharine, Louise and William. A similar occurrence is on Line 10, 17, 19. I have decided to list these as separate Grantors listing them each as a separate entry. Is this correct or would you suggest it be done a different way?
Also, would you put 1913? or just 13? The reference pages offer no help and I see no contextual clues. The previous indexer had put 1913. Did they have typewriters in 1813?
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/37f4a84a-50bf-4921-a84c-835d9394967c
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Hi Lisa. Yes, those are the Given Names of three separate Grantors, each with Surname Theobold, so each gets a separate Entry. I also can’t see any contextual clues to conclusively help determine the full 4-digit date. They are using a copyright 1930 form to record older records, so that doesn’t help. I think that you have to index just the 2-digit date and let the Researcher speculate as to the full 4-digit date. Here, from the Deed Year Field Help is the pertinent guidance:
Do not calculate a date from other information on the document.
If you cannot determine the 4-digit year, index the 2-digit number. If you cannot determine the 2-digit or 4-digit year, press Ctrl+B to mark this field blank.
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It is 1913. An earlier page in images shows this date.
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Probably true, but the instructions don’t explicitly allow referring to the Reference Images. They say “the document.” Without explicit instructions to the contrary from the Project Managers via FS Support I would stick to the information available on the batch image - “the document.” And the Researchers can see the Reference Images and draw that conclusion for themselves, so nothing is really lost by strictly sticking to the instructions.
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