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In City Directories it may list several variations of the Surname. Should the entire list of people

dianacarolenelson
dianacarolenelson ✭
March 18 in Indexing

be indexed with all the the surnames included or do you just list the first surname for each individual?

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭✭
    March 18 edited March 18 Answer ✓

    Just index the first of those surnames for each individual. The others are not variations of the spelling of the individuals' surnames.

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