Talk:FamilySearch Indexing: US—1940 Federal Census, Project Links

I am indexing a page in Denver. The enumerator for this area did not write anything in column 3 (house in order of visitation) so I am marking them all blank. I hope this is o.k. There is nothing further about it in the Field Instructions, or Project updates.

Update: I am sort of waiting to hear if this is ok before I submit batches. Will someone answer please?

If you need it, here is a share batch number for one of the pages: 189781578

Thank you

--I looked at your batch. I also looked at the previous image. The only time this enumerator entered a value in column 3 was when they also indicate "out of order." Since no order can be determined, I would mark all as blank, unless the "out of order" line has a value of "1" Take a look at the previous image to see other "out of order" lines. This is the first time I have looked at a shared batch. It stayed resident on my list of batches. I assume you still have access to this batch, as well. If not, let me know what to do in order to return this batch to you.

Age doesn't make sense
I have a head of household (only member of household) who is widowed and 11 years old. Obviously the age is incorrect. How would you index that field - as written (11) or as unreadable?

--Do you think it might possibly say 71 years old?

I considered that, but it really doesn't look like it. The enumerator's 7s are very clear and don't look like 1s.

Additional Name
The original name has not been crossed out. However, there is an additional name that has been penciled-in and it has been circled. It could be a name change. It could be a middle name. It could be a separate individual? Nothing else on the line has been changed. Do I index only the original name? Do I index only the penciled-in name? Do I index both names as a first and middle name? Do I index both names using Original Name "or" Additional name? Do I add an additional line for this name?