Talk:FamilySearch Indexing: US, Maine–Vital Records, 1892-1907, Project Updates

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Many commonly asked questions, such as indexing crossed out information, have already been answered in the Basic indexing instructions.

Please review the indexing presentation for this project for the answers to the following questions.

Regarding the back side of the Marriage Record card, where the names of groom's and bride's parents are listed:

1. At the top of the card the year is usually stamped, so I record that as Event Year.

2. also listed there is the abbreviation for the county. Using a list of Maine counties (such as at maine.hometownlocator.com) it is easy to determine the county. Should we add the county?

3. the State would be blank because it is not actually listed

I'm still confused about the year, county and state. Do we list what is stamped at the top as year and county? The state is Maine - should we list that even though sometimes it's not written in? The state is part of the pre-typed form on the back (or parent information side) but is not always specified on the front.