Indexing a city directory
Best Answer
-
@Hiram Bertoch, where do you see instructions "to not index those who are listed as dead"?
Here are the relevant points from the 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.
- If a spouse is listed as deceased by the words "wid" or "widow of," do not index the spouse.
So, let's give some examples. (These are from the images used for the instructions, just elsewhere on the pages.)
Burton
" Harriet N widow Walter E
" Joseph died Nov 14 1918Lucas
" Angelo (Evangeline)
" Anna (wid Geo)From these, I believe the following should be indexed:
Harriet N Burton (no spouse, since Walter E is deceased)
Joseph Burton (no spouse, but indexed since he's the principal)
Angelo Lucas with spouse Evangeline Lucas
Anna Lucas (no spouse, since Geo is deceased).2
Answers
-
Yes, we index a person who's noted as being dead since he's the person listed in the directory.
2 -
ok , so we list that person who is deceased but not the deceased spouse by the widow. Right?
0 -
Yes.
1 -
This is incorrect advice. We do not index a widow per the indexing instructions. If you open the instructions for this project, it specifically states TO index spouses in parenthesis, but to NOT index those who are listed as dead.
1 -
It is absolutely correct. If a person is listed as a widow, we still index them, but not the deceased spouse, just like we index a deceased person that is listed to have died on whatever date. The OP already knew not to index the deceased spouse; they were asking about indexing a deceased person that is listed in the directory. Entry 10 has Charles Gano Baylor listed as deceased on 6/7/1907. He will still be indexed, even though he is deceased.
0 -
You are correct in how they should be indexed. Part A of this project (not the old Directory project…that was a nightmare 😂), had, for a while, us indexing the deceased spouse in addition to the principal, so Walter E. Burton would've been indexed along with Harriet. The project gods got rid of that while still in Part A and jettisoned the Directory Place and Year in Part B.
0