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Are we suppose to index the terms: Sr and Jr after a name? Do we ever do it?

youngmaryanne2
youngmaryanne2 ✭
September 4, 2022 in Indexing


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  • erutherford
    erutherford ✭✭✭✭
    September 4, 2022 Answer ✓

    We normally do not, unless a project calls for it. I can count on one hand how many times a project has called for a suffix in the seven years I've been indexing. In those projects, they had a field for the suffix.

    If you have John Smith, then have John Smith, Jr., you will only index the first John Smith because the second John Smith is a duplicate (even with the suffix) of the first John Smith.

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭
    September 4, 2022 Answer ✓

    Only when there's a specific field to index for a suffix, but we never put suffixes in the names fields.

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  • youngmaryanne2
    youngmaryanne2 ✭
    September 5, 2022 Answer ✓

    Thank you so very much, Barbara. I tried looking everywhere for an answer. I could not find anything about it in the General Indexing Instructions. I appreciate your help.

    Mary Anne

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