US, Missouri, Various Counties— Obituaries, 1880–1990 [M3DT-5LC]

gailgrow

Three of the pallbearers have the same name as the listed sons. Should I consider that they are the sons and not re-index them or index them? If I do index them, should I show them as nonrelatives since no relationship is shown?

Thanks.

genthusiast

Good question. I think just index them once - the researcher could decide if they were the same people (likely).

Now more than likely someone will say - if the Project Instructions say to index the pallbearers - reindex them but don't put a relation...

I don't really see the reason to index 2 'Other' index Entries for the same name - one with a relation and one without - I don't see a relation to the deceased option for pallbearer

John Empoliti

I stand corrected. See Melissa’s citation below. If a pallbearer has EXACTLY the same name as a previously-indexed individual, then we do NOT index that individual a second time.

in such a situation during the “Year of Obituaries” (2013-2014) we would index the pallbearers with the “Nonrelative” Relationship if a relationship is NOT clearly stated. The resulting Entries differ in the Relationship Field so both get recorded. If a relationship was given and that exact person had already captured earlier in the obituary, then we would not create that second, exact duplicate Entry.

Melissa S Himes

This is the answer from the Project Team on Jan. 27, 2014.

If a relative is listed with a relationship and is on the obituary, then the relative with the exact name is listed as a pallbearer, you would only index the individual once as a relative, you would not index the same individual as a pallbearer too.