Need help. Bride has 2 versions written for her surname.

AbegailManuelGatus

I am indexing a marriage contract, and the brides surname has 2 spellings, should I put the one that the bride wrote?

John Empoliti

No, you should index both versions of the surname (in this case), separated by an Or.

See the last section of your instructions - General Indexing Guidelines - under Alias Names

Alias Names

If alias names were included on a document, or if an individual's name was listed with various spellings on the document, include all variants, separating each with the word Or. For example, if a name was written as "Georgios (George), George Broski, George Browzowski, or George Brzozowski," index the name fields as follows:

• Given Name: Georgios Or George
• Surname: Broski Or Browzowski Or Brzozowski

AbegailManuelGatus

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

AbegailManuelGatus