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Harmon, James Bartlett
Harmon, James Bartlett ✭
March 15 in Indexing

Sierra Leone Batch [M36R-BD3]. The informant says (Father) and the last name has a ( Y ) at the end of it.

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  • LarryClark43
    LarryClark43 ✭✭✭
    March 15

    I would use the or option in this case as there are two different names recorded for the same person.

    Alie Tarawalle or Abdul Tarawalley

    General guidelines:

    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


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  • MinnWisRoots
    MinnWisRoots ✭✭✭
    March 15

    Yes, as Larry said, in this case since it specifies the Informant is the Father, you would enter:

    Father's Given Name: Alie Or Abdul

    Father's Surname: Tarawalle Or Tarawalley

    The child's last name would not have the variation entered.

    NOTE: Index information about informants only if the relationship to the child is clearly defined as a parent. There is often a time lag betwen birth and registration date (e.g., in this record birth year is 1793, registration year is 2011), so informant may be another relative or a non-relative. This is common with South Africa records.

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  • Harmon, James Bartlett
    Harmon, James Bartlett ✭
    March 15

    Too late. I did that. I reversed the names in the 2 entries.

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  • MinnWisRoots
    MinnWisRoots ✭✭✭
    March 16

    @Harmon, James Bartlett

    For future reference, you enter name variants as they first appear in the document.

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