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Harmon, James Bartlett
Harmon, James Bartlett ✭
March 21 in Indexing

Sierra Leone Batch [M3X8-H48] How do I handle the names? Totally confused with this one. Reviewing it and left it mostly alone.

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  • Ksalers
    Ksalers ✭✭✭
    March 21 Answer ✓

    So it looks like they have multiple last names. Also, general instructions tell us that if we are unable to determine which names are the surnames, we should index the full name in the given name field.

    However, if I were to index these names for the parents I'd do it this way

    Child Given Name: Annah Fatmata Yatta

    Surname: Bull

    Mother given name: Janneh

    Surname: Bull Sesay

    Father given name: Steven Rollins

    (his middle name looks like Rolliry, but that doesn't seem familiar to me.)

    Surname: Sesay Bull


    General instructions also tell us to index the name as it was written. So we see that the mother's last name and father's last name have the same names but in different order.

    You can always revert back to the rule stated above. If you don't know which names are the surname and given name, index them in the given name field.

    Hope this helps :)

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  • Harmon, James Bartlett
    Harmon, James Bartlett ✭
    March 21

    To be on the safe side I will just put all the names in the Given field.

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