Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Uvalde County, no. 232 Page: 36
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36(First
entry, p. 37) Abbreviations, Symbols, and
Explanatory Notes
IndeIng. All indexes to records, unless otherwise stated,, are.
self-contained ... ..
Condition of Records. Records are in good condition unless otherwise
indicated. ,
Dimensions. Dimensions are always given in inches,.unless otherwise
indicated, and, therefore, the
symbol -for inches (!'). has been omitted,.
Location of
Records. When all or the majority of, the. records. of an
office have a common location, the location is indicated in the last.
sentence of the office ..essay instead of in each individual entry.
Cross References. Title-li-ne cro-ss references are used to show the
continuity of -a record series which has been kept separately for a period
of time and with other records for different periods of time. , An example
is that in entry 5-: t "1856-93 in Commissio-ne.rs Court Minutes, entry 1."
They are also used in all artificial entries, those set up to cover
records which must be shown separately under their proper office even
though they are kept in files or records appearing elsewhere in the inventory,
as, for example, the title-line cross reference in entry 166, "In
Justice of Peace Civil Docket, entry 228." In both instances, the description
of the master entry shows the title and entry number of the record
from which the cross reference is made, as for example, these words
in entry 1 do: Also contains: Minutes of the court allowing claims
against the county, 1856-93, entry 5. Dates shown in the description of
the master entry are only for the part or parts of the record contained
therein, and are shown only when they vary from those of the master entry.
Separate third-paragraph cross references from entry to entry, and
See also references with subject headings or subheadings are used to
show prior, subsequent, or closely related records which are not parts
of the same series.
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Historical Records Survey. Texas. Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Uvalde County, no. 232, book, May 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25256/m1/49/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.