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Can someone explain what McC means. I have also seen it as McM. Example on line 1. Jones Lawrence

EddieAForce
EddieAForce ✭
October 8, 2021 edited October 8, 2021 in Indexing
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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 10, 2021 Answer ✓

    "Most of the time, you should type what you see on the document you are indexing." https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/should-i-always-type-what-i-see-in-indexing

    Yes, type "McC"

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  • genthusiast
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    October 8, 2021 edited October 9, 2021

    I also think in this instance it is probably his middle name. On this page I don't see any other Jones etc.

    My response was to indicate military abbreviations:

    Possibly - Mission Control Center, McClelland, maritime component commander, mission control command, mobile communications ...

    McM - medical civil-military operations

    Reference: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/pubs/dictionary.pdf

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭
    October 8, 2021

    A middle name. I've seen this quite a bit in indexing... McC, McL, McM, etc. as a middle name. You can search in Family Search with McC (for example) and put in a place name and you'll see it's not uncommon.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 9, 2021

    Agree abbreviation of his middle name to distinguish him from other men with the same given and surname.

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  • EddieAForce
    EddieAForce ✭
    October 10, 2021 edited October 10, 2021

    Thank you for your reply.

    Who would add the McC or what ever Mc

    Was to be used. It is still a little confusing to me.

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  • John Empoliti
    John Empoliti ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 10, 2021

    I’ve always presumed that McC, for example, was an abbreviation of an old family surname, e.g., McCallister or McComb, given as a middle name originally and abbreviated for space-saving purposes. Or perhaps permanently shortened by the bearer of that name for personal reasons. I just index it as is and let the Researchers look into its history tor their family.

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