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Should I put the location in the Event City field or the Event County field?

Joel Kay Glassett
Joel Kay Glassett ✭
June 4 edited June 4 in Indexing

US—Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800–1955 [Part F]

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/b3d71aa4-ddf2-4e47-a817-ab6e26d7e332 [MQH9-CQS]

Many of the entries on this image have "La Crosse" written in the miscellanious notes after the date of entry. La Crosse is both a city and a county, so I'm not sure which field I should put it in. Thanks for the help!

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 5 Answer ✓

    Back in the "olden days" when the Basic Indexing Guidelines were more extensive, we had a rule for this:

     When you do not know whether the place listed on a document is a city, state, country, or other locality, index the place in the geographically smallest locality field that is available. (Reference: Basic Guidelines).

    So, in this case, I would index La Crosse as a City.

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