Are Comma's (,) indexed?

Harmon, James Bartlett

Often other indexers do not enter those. Just making sure COMMA's are really necessary.

erutherford

Commas are used to separate localities, just like the real world.

maryellenstevensbarnes1

Commas indicate localities in a specific order, as in city, county, state or country rather than all one location, such as New York which is a city, a county, and a state. BTW New York City is split into 5 different counties, so be sure to read the image in order to place a city into the correct county. If the county name is not specifically recorded, it need not be indexed.

barbaragailsmith1

Most Field Helps for something like the place of birth say, "Separate geographical levels of locality, from smallest to largest, with a comma." The general indexing Guidelines say, "If there are multiple levels of locality, separate the geographical levels, from smallest to largest, with a comma."

In the old days (before the web indexing) we wouldn't use commas. They told us not to. Now they want us to use them.

Harmon, James Bartlett

I always do. Just making sure I am not wasting time. Thanks.

maryellenstevensbarnes1

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