Batch: US—City Directories, 1866–1940 [Part A] [MQFJ-RN1] Indexing wife's name

Smyth MJ

When the wife's name is in brackets, is the wife added on a separate line. Or in the same line as the husband?

Smyth MJ

I should have posted this question under Indexing

barbaragailsmith1

• Project Instructions: A spouse's name, if listed, may have been recorded in parentheses after the name of the principal individual. The surname should be indexed for both individuals. (There's a place for the spouse on the primary's line, so you wouldn't create another record for her.)

erutherford

Yes.

Ex:

Smith, John (Ada)

GN: John

SN: Smith

Spouses GN: Ada

Spouses SN: Smith

Smyth MJ

A spouses given "name and middle initial" may be in parentheses. This is more clear.

The surname should be indexed for both individuals.. Does this mean that we type the husband's surname in the spouse's surname field and the spouse's given name in the field for spouses given name?

Claire Dickson

Do I index the spouses name if it is at the end of the occupation and address and not in parentheses?

erutherford

Yes.