Marriage Indexing
When indicating Mother's surname would this be her maiden name which is rarely indicated, and her name indicated could also be a remarried name, as opposed to her obvious married name?
I've been leaving this <BLANK>. Not that this really matters in the big picture, it's just that I can easily over think these things.
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If I am understanding your question, it could be her middle name, maiden name, or married name. Sometimes there are no indicators as to what the name is.
If you are unsure what the name is for, index it under given name after her first name in the order it’s written.
You’ll need to search through the field instructions and project instructions. Some instructions will tell you to use the same last name as her husband if there are indicators that they are married. Then some instructions tell you not to assume last names based on others names in the document and mark blank if no last name is present.
If her maiden name and married name are present then you put them both in surname field with maiden name first followed by married name.
If you have a particular batch in question you can link the Bach ID here. You’ll find it under help>share batch.
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Please share your batch. This can be found by clicking the box with the arrow on the indexing toolbar. You have the option of sharing the link or batch code.
Now flying blind here, and going by your description, you do not assume Surnames from other surnames in the document. This is located in the Project Instructions, What To Remember About This Project, How To Index Names (below). As an example, if the Bride's name is Mary Jones and her mother's name is Sarah Smith, you will index Sarah Smith under Bride's Mother's name. Could Smith be her maiden name? Yes. Could she have remarried to man named Smith? Also yes. We don't know why her name is Smith, just like we don't know if Jones is Mary's maiden name.
- Do not assume a surname for one person from the surname of another person mentioned in the document.
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