Christian names versus Heathen names in Baptism Documents
When I am indexing a record for someone who was baptized but has both a Heathen name from before baptism and a Christian name from after baptism which one do I log as their "Given name?"
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The project instructions say:
"Given names may be referred to as the "heathen name," "pagan name," or "Christian name." Include all aliases, nicknames, or variant names that were given for a person, separating them with the word Or."
So both should be listed as the given name.
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What do the project instructions and examples show/say?
In the project that I recall having "heathen name" and "Christian name" columns on the forms, the instructions called for treating one of them as the surname or family name. I also recall that it was highly confusing, because the example image seemed to do it exactly backwards from the instructions.
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