Australia, Albany—Inward Passenger Lists, 1873–1924 - "missing " field

Enigmatic

Hi

I'm currently trying to index the above records and the first entry I've tried to do I have a question! The first people I see are Mrs & Miss Fogarty. There is no other information to distinguish between these two other thatn their titles - Mrs or Miss. Unfortunately this field is not included amongst the fields to be completed. It means I'll be creating two entries that are exactly the same and this seems a little silly to me, especially when there is information in the record to distinguish that they are two different people.

I know that whoever is searching for that record will look at the original image and see there are 2 people but it seems strange not to include the Mrs and Miss in the information I am indexing.

So I guess my question is, should I create two entries that just show the information Forgarty - female or should I just create one entry?

Here's the batch

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/e8be1498-15a5-4154-bd38-2b5d0a05ec53

Regards

Lynda

LarryClark43

For most projects, unless specifically instructed otherwise in the project instructions, you would only create one record for this situation. I cannot access that particular batch so cannot check your project instructions.

The researchers will find both when they access the original record.

Ksalers

Is there a prefix field? If so, you could create 2 entries by using the prefix field. I can't see the batch either. Hopefully someone who has access to the Australia batches will be able to bring more insight soon.

Enigmatic

Hi

I'm currently trying to index the above records and the first entry I've tried to do I have a question! The first people I see are Mrs & Miss Fogarty. There is no other information to distinguish between these two other thatn their titles - Mrs or Miss. Unfortunately this field is not included amongst the fields to be completed. It means I'll be creating two entries that are exactly the same and this seems a little silly to me, especially when there is information in the record to distinguish that they are two different people.

I know that whoever is searching for that record will look at the original image and see there are 2 people but it seems strange not to include the Mrs and Miss in the information I am indexing.

So I guess my question is, should I create two entries that just show the information Forgarty - female or should I just create one entry?

Here's the batch

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/e8be1498-15a5-4154-bd38-2b5d0a05ec53

Regards

Lynda

Enigmatic

Hello Ksalers & Larry

Thanks for your responses.

Ksalers - There is no prefix field which is what I meant by "missing" field in my title. It just seemed strange that it was not included amongst the fields to be indexed.

I'll go with what you suggest Larry because I read the instructions and could not find anything to cover this situation (plus it seems stupid to create two identical entries).

Regards

Lynda