It states only type unique names on US—City and Business Directories, 1749–1990. Since we are instru

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Brett .

​@Karen Ann Leavitt Shumway​ 

Karen​

I am "Tagging" this (General) 'Question' of yours, to the 'Group' being "Indexing Chat", in this "Community.FamilySearch" Forum; so that, the members of that group can answer/assist you.

Brett

@Indexing Chat​ 

Melissa S Himes

Hello Karen Ann and Welcome to Indexing Chat! You are correct and would only enter John Smith once.

J C Bingham

For the purposes of the index that we are creating, it does not matter how many John Smiths are listed on the page, a single entry in the index will allow a researcher to find all of them. Apparently for the purposes of the record custodian a single instance of a name that appears multiple times is also sufficient.

User15874862242309051669

Thanks for the help.