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Indexing a City Directory 1902-1935When a widow or widower is listed many times the deceased is also listed. But the instructions say …
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With naturalization records is the county included in the Record Place?In particular, naturalization records recorded in the New England states will sometimes include the…
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Zimbabwe—Gokwe, Church Records, 1954–2022 [MQXK-9FL]If the baptism/christening record has marriage information, should a new record be created with the…
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Iowa NaturalizationI tried to index one of these projects. There was no Date of birth on the form but it would not let…
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Indexing instructions for city directoriesI would like to rewrite the instructions for indexing city directories to eliminate all the confusi…
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Can someone help me? I can't understand these directions for this batch.Directions that I could not understand. Do not index occupations or business information with the p…
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Correcting Town NamesPerhaps a silly question, but- In my indexing tool they have the town name written as Podebrad, Aus…
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DirectoriesWhen indexing directories, if there is someone with a spouse's name in parantheses, do we index the…
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How do I move to the next record?how do I get the pages to turn over in a field? I have completed 1 page and need page 2 but can't s…
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US - City DirectoriesI came across a name in the directory that says "deceased." I have not been indexing thos…
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