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India—Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records - surname listed on the side of the record

Spencer Shumway
Spencer Shumway ✭
October 29, 2021 in Indexing

I know we are only supposed to index what we see and to index it as written. But the typical birth records I'm coming across so far are as follows:


Child's first name only, son/daughter or Father's first name and surname. [surname listed again on the side]


And, every once in a while...

Child's first name only, Father's first name ONLY. [surname listed on the side]


How should I handle this? I feel like the surname listed on the side is supposed to refer to the child because you would think it would apply to the principal person on the record, in both situations. Thus I would think you would index the child's surname in both situations, and you would index the father's surname only in the first situation. But I don't know if that's the correct logic.

I wish some clarification would be on the project guidelines.

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  • LarryClark43
    LarryClark43 ✭✭✭✭
    October 29, 2021

    If you share your batch code, found at the end of your batch title, someone will be able to help you.

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  • Spencer Shumway
    Spencer Shumway ✭
    November 2, 2021
    https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/65709dc0-0f37-48cb-b10c-ae79a285da3e


    M3H2-WQP

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