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Name order question

MCountryman
MCountryman ✭
April 6 in 1950 US Census

How should we handle names from other cultures where the family name precedes the given name. It appears that the census takers often ordered these as [given name], [family name], which means that the given name gets indexed as the last name and the family name gets indexed as the given name. Will that be addressed in the Family Review?

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  • CraigWArmstrong
    CraigWArmstrong mod
    April 6

    @MCountryman

    Remember, the images have already been indexed by Ancestry AI. Our job with Name Review is just to verify that the computer has indexed them correctly. You are correct when you state that Family Review will be the place to make sure the surnames, forenames, etc are in the correct place.

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  • MCountryman
    MCountryman ✭
    April 6

    Ok, thanks!

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