JeffReceipts_Roll 5_00037

Instructions

• Date of Receipt: The date of receipt has been broken out into separate fields for Month, Day, Year.
• Names: First and last name have been separated into two separate fields. In some cases, there may be more than one name listed on one entry. Please enter the entire additional name (or multiple names) in the Additional Names field.
• Place of Residence: Enter the county or town first, i.e. Clark County, Indiana.
• Amount of Receipt: Dollars and cents have been combined into one field; i.e. one dollar and fifty cents would be indexed as 1.50. Do not include a dollar sign.
• Land Description: The fields on the spreadsheet appear in the same order as they appear on the page, although the actual page may not have column titles. Lot appears first, and will likely be something like NW, then section, which is a number, followed by township and range. Township will be a number followed by N or S, and range is a number followed by E or W. The number of acres is last, and it may be a fraction like 160.36.
• Ditto Marks: The clerks often used dittos to indicate that the information is the same as the line directly above. Please index this information as if it were written out; i.e. a ditto directly under April should be transcribed as April.
• Additional Information: Some pages have additional information written after the number of acres. This can be included in this field. Please do not use the Additional Information field to record anything other than what is written on the page; if you have a question or comment, use the “Notes and Questions” at the bottom of the page, outside of the transcription screen.
• Needs Review: You can mark an entry as “Needs Review” if you would like an Indiana State Archives staff member to take a closer look at something. It is helpful if you use the “Notes and Questions” box to include some information about what exactly needs review.