Name Order
What do you think about the use of initials and names here? Does the Community think that the initials are the first name or middle name in most cases. It makes sense for the initials to be middle name, but that does not follow the order correctly as I suspect there would not be so many with a silent initial as 1st name.\
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Thank you for your question Deborah. Sometimes people go by their middle name and just ust the initial for their first name. We find this now and then in other projects.
In these cases, we would index them as they are written. Surname, then the series of initials and names following in the order they are recorded.
Thank you for your willingness to index these precious records.
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UK, England, Middlesex—Parish Registers, 1539–1988 [Part B][MSPC-KF9]
the Surname is listed first the given names are next
example
Leach, Mary Ann Leach is Surname and Mary Ann is the given name
In that order
Thank you for the share batch!
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Thanks all - I agree with the comments, however, I am dubious that so many women would have gone by their middle names. I will Review this Batch as written, but I do believe there will be a problem with the accuracy here of real name.
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Perhaps the researcher will still recognize the individual with the middle name listed. And It may also give the researcher another name to look for. In my research especially for births I have a family where one child has the first name of the mother. Then another child had the middle name. And other children had both names. The Index will point the researcher to other hints and places to look for their family.
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