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Dr or Blank as prefix when listed as physician?

Shannon Agee
Shannon Agee ✭✭
October 10, 2021 edited August 20, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

In Us and Business Directories if someone is listed as a physician should a prefix of Dr be added in? I am reviewing a batch and in each place where someone is listed as a physician the indexer had added in Dr as a prefix. I feel I should delete these as they were not listed that way in the original record.

US—City and Business Directories, 1749–1990 [Part C][M3HS-NRJ]

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

    We don't add Prefixes that are not on the Record. So you should Blank (Ctrl+B) that Field if the Indexer added it.

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

    That's correct, Shannon. In the case you mentioned, we would Ctrl+B (<Blank>) the husband's Surname.

    From the Field Help for Spouse's Surname:

    Do not assume a surname from the surnames of others mentioned in the document.

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  • Shannon Agee
    Shannon Agee ✭✭
    October 10, 2021

    Another question, if a woman is listed as a widow and her husband's first name is given but not the surname

    we should not assume his last name to have been the same?

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