South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
NOTE: For a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection or how to find missing images elsewhere, see Article 56000, Using Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final browse point in Historical Records.

Question #1: The Event Type and Year Range (browse point) title does not properly reflect the actual digital record content. Is there a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection? Answer #1: The following list of known browse point discrepancies describes the event type or year range that actually exist in this collection:


 * South Africa &gt; Cape of Good Hope &gt; Cape Town &gt; Baptisms 1902-1905 year span should be 1902-1916.
 * South Africa &gt; Transvaal &gt; Brixton &gt; Marriages 1931-1951 should be South Africa &gt; Transvaal &gt; Johannesburg-Wes &gt; Marriages 1931-1951 (Film 1687002 Item 4).
 * South Africa &gt; Transvaal &gt; Jeppe &gt; Marriages 1942-1952 should be South Africa &gt; TransvaaL &gt; Johannesburg-Oos &gt; Marriages 1942-1952 (Film 1687002 Item 1 includes records from other towns).
 * South Africa &gt; Transvaal &gt; Turffontein &gt; Marriages 1931-1956 should be South Africa &gt; Transvaal &gt; Johannesburg-Suid &gt; Marriages 1931-1956 (Film 1687002 Item 2 includes records from other towns).

Question #2: The Event Places associated with Film 1687002 are incorrect (all the indexed records include “Cape of Good Hope”). How can we determine the correct event place for each indexed record? Answer #2: Beside simply viewing the document, the correct event place can be determined by cross-referencing the Image Number found in the record detail page with the item number listed below, and then cross reference the item number with the Catalog Items listed for Film 1687002 (see NOTE above). ITEM# INCLUSIVE IMAGES Item 1: Image Number 00005-00097 Item 2: Image Number 00101-00400 Item 3: Image Number 00403-00489 Item 4: Image Number 00492-00825 Item 5: Image Number 00828-00952 Item 6: Image Number 00955-00961 Item 7: Image Number 00964-01018 Item 8: Image Number 01021-01070 Item 9: Image Number 01073-01080 Item 10: Image Number 01083-01085

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