Vital Statistics WmbDetail.php - jcobban/Genealogy GitHub Wiki
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This script is used to present a detailed view of the transcription of a single Wesleyan Methodist Baptism registration.
Navigation:
There are three navigation buttons at the top of the page:
Clicking on "Previous" displays the previous baptism within the current page. Note that the database does not record the original order within the page, so this is generally the previous entry in alphabetical order. You may also use the keyboard shortcut Alt-P.
Clicking on "Next" displays the next baptism within the current page. You may also use the keyboard shortcut Alt-N.
Clicking on "New Query" displays the Wesleyan Methodist Query dialog. You may also use the keyboard shortcut Alt-Q.
Identification:
This row of the display displays the original volume number and the page number within that volume.
District:
This is a textual entry which is a pattern match against the name of the district. The organization of the Wesleyan Methodist Church changed over the the period when these baptisms were recorded so while these are generally the same as counties you cannot depend upon it.
Area:
This is a text field which is used for a pattern match against the "area" field in the database. This is generally a town, township, or city name.
Given Name:
The given names of the the child.
Surname:
The family name of the the child.
Birth Date:
The date of birth. This is always presented in dd mmm yyyy format if the field is validly initialized, although the date is often recorded internally as all-numeric yyyy-mm-dd.
Birth Place:
The place where the child was born.
Link:
If this registration has been cited in the family tree as documentation for a birth, then a hyperlink is provided to the family tree page for the child. Otherwise if possible a selection list of entries in the family tree that resemble this baptism are displayed so you can choose one. Choosing an entry adds citations to this baptism registration onto the child's record in the family tree and may update the date and place of birth if the information in this record is more reliable that the current values.
Baptism Date:
The date of baptism. This is always presented in dd mmm yyyy format if the field is validly initialized, although the date is often recorded internally as all-numeric yyyy-mm-dd.
Baptism Place:
The place where the child was baptized.
Father:
The name of the Father of the child. Typically this is just the given names.
Mother:
The name of the Mother of the child. Typically this is just the given names.
Residence:
The residence of the parents at the time of the baptism.
Minister
The name of the Wesleyan Methodist minister who administered the sacrament.
Clicking on Update commits the changes you have made to the database. The page also supports the keyboard short-cuts Ctrl-S and Alt-U. If you have identified that this baptism record belongs to an existing person in the family tree then:
- the birth date from this record overrides the existing birth date, if it is not already a specific day,
- a christening event is added to the child. Note that in Family History, because of the major role played by the Church of Latter Day Saints, the term "baptism" is used for the LDS sacrament and the term "christening" is used for the rite used by Chalcedonian churchs.
- a citation to this registration is added to the person's birth event, and
- a citation to this registration is added to the person's christening event, and
- a citation is added to the person's name.
Clicking on Clear Form resets the values of some fields to their defaults. The page also supports the keyboard short-cut Alt-C.
Authorized contributors can modify the contents of this record
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