What about Different Dates/PET- US, Michigan—Naturalizations, 1880–1995
How do I go about reviewing this? The person has the same birthdate, but the PET #'s and date of records are different?
Thank you.
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So I went back to look at the "Indexing Duplicate Images" and all it says is
- A duplicate image is another photo or a retake of a previous image in the same batch. The duplicate and the original images are both images of the same document or combination of documents, not merely 2 images of similar documents or 2 images of documents about the same people.
Since it had different information, I just went ahead an created it's own record. If this is not correct, please leave a response.
Thank you.
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If two entries are almost identical, you will index both entries, even if it's something as minor as a file number; eg. Image 1 is file #1111 for Mike S. Smith and Image 2 is file #1112 for Mike S. Smith. Your two entries have different dates and PET numbers, which is common for Naturalizations. A PET (Petition of Naturalization) is (was?) the second step in becoming a US Citizen and had to be filed within (mostly) 7 years from the date of the DEC (Declaration of Intention). Sometimes, for a variety of reasons (going back to the "old country" is one I can think of), the 7 years would expire and the petitioner would have to refile at least the PET. I'm by no means a Naturalization expert; this is just what I've learned doing Naturalization records for various states on FS.
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Thanks for your response @erutherford
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