Use this form to abstract your marriage book records and create a file
ready for the Archives. Use your tab key and the up and down arrows keys on your
keyboard to navigate easily through the fields.
Please do not hit the Submit Button until you have completed
all the fields.
You can enter your transcription and submit whenever you are ready, There
is an option at the bottom
to specify whether this is complete or more to come later. Your
file will be sent
to the archives and will let the Archivist know whether it is a
complete or partial transcription and will allow you to
finish at your leisure. Once a file reaches 300 lines you will get a warning letting
you know to finish this file within 25 more lines and submit it as complete.
The maximum lines for a file is 325. You will then need to submit that file as
Complete, No More to Come. Then you may restart a new file to continue on with
your transcription.
NOTE: It is advisable to submit your work after each couple of pages of the marriage book
that you transcribe to ensure that it is saved. Submit it as Partial Marriage Book More to Come,
then go to resmarr.html to resume adding to your Marriage Book.
To start a new file go here marrbk.html
To return to a file you have submitted
as Partial More to Come,, please go here resmarr.html
An Example of a Marriage Book file created by these forms can be seen here exmarrbk.txt
Feel free to click on the help/instructions button at any time during
your transcription as it
will not affect your work in progress.
Thank you so much for sharing your records with others!!!!!
If you have any questions please contact Debra Crosby at poohbos@poohbos.com
Fields (Cick on Each
for a Description) Fields Marked with an Asterisk (*) are Required
Fields
Your Email Address: *
Your Name-Submitter:*
Abstracted By:
Marriage Book Title: *
View Only Field:
Total Lines:
Data Entry Fields: (Name Dates, Comments)
LoadLine
Optional Lines:
Find Line
Find Next
Insert Line
Update Line
Delete Line
View Line
Line Number Field
Remove Last
County Where File is to Be posted * Required.
Select the county where the Marriage Book was taken.
Is This Marriage Book Complete * Required
This option is available so that you can come back to your work at a later
time and add more data and alerts the Archivist whether this
is a completed marriage book or partial and if there will be more to come. If it is a partial listing
of just a few names that you have available to you, choose Partial Marriage Book No More to Come.
If you will be adding more data to this Marriage Book at a later time choose Partial Marriage Book More to Come.
If it is completed choose Complete Marriage Book No More to Come.
If you submit a Marriage Book as "Partial Marriage Book More to Come" when you are
ready to resume you will go to resmarr.html Enter your email address, name, Marriage Book Title
and county exactly as you entered it on the first submission. This will bring
your marriage book back up in a window for you so that you can continue to add more.
You can continue to add to the record until it has reached 300 lines at which time it will
give you a warning to complete your work as the file is becoming too large. You can then add up to
25 more names giving you the chance to come to a stopping point. Then submit the marriage book as "Complete"
No More to Come" and start a new file for that county and marriage book title at marrbk.htmlOnce you have submitted it as "Complete Marriage Book No More to Come" or "Partial Marriage Book No More to Come"
you will no longer be able to pull it up the page you had been working on. When
you restart a new page it will be a new file that you will be working on.
If you need to make corrections or changes to a file after submitting it as "No More to Come"
You would then need to contact the Archives manager to have the changes made.
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Your Email Address
This field is required.
Enter your legititmate email address as you wish it to appear on
the file at the ARArchives.
Example: you@yoursisp.com
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Your Name-Submitter:*
This field is required.
Enter Your name as you wish it to appear on the file at the ARArchives.
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Abstracted By:
This field is not required.
This field is to be used if the person who abstracted the marriage book
is different than the submitter.
If you have had a proof reader, you can add their name in the comments section.
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Marriage Book Title
Name or Year of Marriage Book.: *
This field is required.
This field is for the identification of the marriage book
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Marriage Book Description
and additional information: *
This field is required.
This field is for other information which will help identify location.
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View Only Field
This field is view only. As you enter text in the Names, Dates,
Comments Location and hit
the "Loadline" button, the information you entered will appear in
this field so that you may
see your work as you progress.
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Total Lines Field
This field is to show you the total number of lines that you have
entered. No more than 325 lines/names can be added to any one file. You will receive a warning when
you reach 300 lines, you have 25 more lines to continue to a stopping point. Then submit your
file as Complete No More to Come. If you have more to add to the Marriage Book, you will need to start a new file.
Data Entry Lines: Groom Last Name
is required. If it is illegible, please type illegible. The other fields are optional.
Groom First Name: This field is used for the first name of the individual.
You can enter initial, or leave blank if not known, or unknown. etc.
Groom Middle Name: This field is for the middle name and or maiden name
if known.
Last Name:* This field is required. For the Surname/Last
name. If unknown you can add "unknown" or "illegible" but please enter something in this
field.
Bride Last Name
is required. If it is illegible, please type illegible. The other fields are optional.
Bride First Name: This field is used for the first name of the individual.
You can enter initial, or leave blank if not known, or unknown. etc.
Bride Middle Name: This field is for the middle name and or maiden name
if known.
Last Name:* This field is required. For the Surname/Last
name. If unknown you can add "unknown" or "illegible" but please enter something in this
field.
Date Of License: Select the Month and Day from the option list and enter the Year into the field provided.
Date Of Marriage: Select the Month and Day from the option list and enter the Year in the field provided
Book/Year: Enter either the Marriage Book or year in the field
Page: Enter the Marriage Book Page of the record
Performed By: Enter who performed the marriage if known
NOTE: Remember that you can use your tab key to move between the fields and on the select buttons
the up and down arrow keys will move through the selections.
Comments: additional comments can be added here such as witnesses etc.
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Loadline
Loadline is used to enter each name/line of the marriage book. When you
hit Loadline the data will appear in
the View Only Field and your cursor will place you back at the first
name ready for your next entry.
You can easily tab between these fields and when you tab to Loadline
hit the enter key to load your line.
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Optional Lines: These Lines are
here so that you can edit your entries.
Find Line: This option is
here to help you find a previous line that you have entered. Type
the name you are looking for into the name fields and click on Find Line.
It will bring the line number into the Line # field. You can
then choose View Field to have the data appear in the
data entry fields so that you can view or edit that line.
Back to Optional Lines
Find Next: This option lets
you find again if the Surname entry from Find is not the one you were looking
for. This is useful in cases where there may be 2 "John Smiths".
Clicking on this should give you the next John
Smith.
Back to Optional Lines
Insert Line: To insert
an entry between two entries already posted. If you know the line number,
enter that number in the Line # field.
The line you enter will be over the top of the line number you select.
So enter the line number for the line under the one you wish to enter.
If you don't know the line number, enter the name you are searching,
click find Line as instructed above in Find Line.
Then enter the data you wish to appear on that line and click Insert
Line.
If you don't know the line number, enter the name you are searching,
click find Line as instructed above in Find Line.
Back to Optional Lines
Update Line: This line
will let you make changes to any previous line that you have submitted.
First find the Line,
Then click on ViewLine. ViewLine gives you the line you posted into
the Data Entry Fields. You can then make any necessary
changes and then click Update Line.
Back to Optional Lines
Delete Line: This option
lets you remove a previous entered line. Find the line you wish to delete,
make sure it's the
correct line by choosing ViewLine before Deleting. Once sure it's
the line you want to remove and the correct number
in the Line # box, click on DeleteLine and it will remove
that entry.
Back to Optional Lines
View Line: View Line
allows you to bring the line into the data entry fields so that it can
be updated or deleted. You must find the line first or enter the Line
# in the number line box, then click the view line button to view it.
Back to Optional Lines
Line # Field: This
is the field which lets you specify which lines you wish to find, insert,
update or delete.
Remove Last Entry: Clicking on this button will remove the last entry you made.
If you have a marriage book that is already typed up, please
submit that directly to the archives manager for that county as this form
will not let you copy/paste into the marriage book field.
Thank you for your contributions!!