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Jeremy Eric Beutler
Jeremy Eric Beutler ✭
March 1, 2024 edited December 28, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

I'm working on indexing a US City Directory and encountered several Ditto Marks while going through. I believe the signify a repeat of some information such as Surname or Address, but I haven't been able to figure this out from context yet. Do you know what the Ditto marks might signify here?

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/cedc7899-c180-4f3f-afc5-935b738bbde3

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  • erutherford
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    March 1, 2024 edited March 1, 2024

    The ditto marks means the person has the same Surname as the first person listed.

    Ex: " John is indexed as John Humphries.

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