Do I index names that have no information?

Cindie Walker

I am indexing Boston Tax Records M38T-3CX Names are occasionally listed without any information. It looks like it is just a place holder for a name which might be added. See Groton and Gunning on this batch. Do I index those names?

CHold

@Cindie Walker

According to the project instructions under What to remember about this project it in the 3rd bullet point it says:

• 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.

Based on these instructions from the record owners, you should index Groton and Gunning.

Hopefully this helps.

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

Cindie Walker

Thanks for your speedy reply. I appreciated the interpretation of the project instructions.