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If a tax record has a surname alone on a line, should that be indexed?

Nelson, Cade Joshua
Nelson, Cade Joshua ✭
November 1, 2021 in Indexing

For example in batch [M3CB-BD9], should Harder and Hardigan be indexed?

Or should I not make an entry for them?

Thank you.

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  • CHold
    CHold mod
    November 2, 2021

    @Nelson, Cade Joshua According to the Project instructions in the What to Remember about this project; the third bullet indicates the following:

    Index each unique name. Some names may be duplicated. When names are exact duplicates, index only the first instance of the name listed. Skip the other exact duplicates and then index the next unique name. When the middle initials or the given names or surnames are spelled differently, please index these unique names. 

    It is interesting that Harder and Hardigan has no information about the taxes on this image but you should still index their surnames.

    Hopefully that helps.

    Thank you for helping Index. That helps so many find records about their ancestors.

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  • Nelson, Cade Joshua
    Nelson, Cade Joshua ✭
    November 2, 2021

    Ok. Thank you for the help. Now I'm remembering a couple batches before this where I was reviewing and didn't index those or let them through...There's probably a backup backup or something right?

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  • CHold
    CHold mod
    November 5, 2021

    @Nelson, Cade Joshua

    There is a review group that look at each indexed batch and they will catch that and index it.

    Thank you for helping Index.

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