Surnames in US—City Directories Project
I'm indexing US City Directories. At the beginning of a list of names, it sometimes gives multiple surname spellings before it begins listing the names and addresses. For example it says, "Walsh see Welsh or Welch."
Do I index each person's surname under that heading as "Walsh Or Welsh Or Welch?"
For example -- Surname: Walsh Or Welsh Or Welch
Given name: John
Thank you!
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If it's a film that's available for image browsing -- or if the directory is short enough that "Welch" and "Welsh" are in the +5 reference images -- I'd want to check what it does under those headings, because "see X and Y" doesn't sound like spelling variations. It sounds more like just a suggested cross-reference, that is, I would think the surname below that line is just Walsh.
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Yes, you will index each unique name, separating them by the word "or," unless it goes back to one of those surnames.
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So....the two continuing column of names has at the top of the page, in bold letters, just "Walsh." So I think I'm supposed to use the surname Walsh, instead of using the various spellings and OR.
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