US Michigan County Deaths 1921-1952 Project

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Main Project Home Page: http://sn.im/24mt8oa
Updates Page: http://sn.im/24mt83p
Additional Helps: http://sn.im/24mt8xc
Project Presentations:
- How to Index Place Names
- Michigan Certificate Number

Updates to General Indexing Guidelines: http://is.gd/9JrBV6
BASIC Indexing Guidelines (aka BIG): http://sn.im/24msx2u

Things You Should Remember: 

• September 9, 2012: Birth City / Town Field Help: If a city, town, or village was not recorded but a township was, then index the township name in this field, excluding the word 'township' or any abbreviation of it, such as 'twp.' --- Only index the township if no city, town or village is recorded. If city, town or village are recorded with a township name then index the city, town or village name not the township. 

• State - When a state is on the document but there is no state field for the project, do not enter the state in any other field.

• Field Helps:  The certificate number often follows other numbers, separated by a space. It is usually the larger of the numbers. Index the certificate number only, not the preceding digits. If you need help determining the certificate number, it may help to look at the previous or next image.  Example: 225 11039  Only index 11039