This is just for the groups information with regards to Confirmations and
Baptisms being indexed equally:
From: Esther Jordan []
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:33 PM
To: joseph@nuestrosranchos.org
Subject: Confirmations
Joseph,
I have been doing arbitration for Durango. I do know that is not one of our
States, however I wanted to share what I have found out which may not be
news to many people. Family Search does not have a Header for Confirmations
and these are being indexed as baptisms. I called Family Search in SLC to
ask why this was being done and that I felt this would cause duplication of
birth records once the actual baptisms were extracted. I told them the
confirmations are not done the day of baptism but are done a month, or
months or even years later. They were going to bring it up to whoever does
the computer setups.
I think some people may get confused when they see two records for baptism
for the same child. SLC may or may not make changes but I thought this
might be something you can share with the group so that they might keep in
mind to double check and read those records. Maybe it's just me but I would
feel better if they added that header for confirmations.
Do you see a possible potential problem with people trying to decide which
is the correct date when they end up with two records?
Joseph Puentes
Confirmations - Baptisms Being Indexed As Same
Mary Lou Serna-Armenta
I have also encountered the same problem with double records for the same person, and I am glad Esther Jordan has touched on the subject of needing a separate header for Confirmations.It can become a challenge trying to decipher which is the correct baptism date. I thought I was the only one having that problem. Thanks for the information.