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Alison Craig
Alison Craig ✭
April 5, 2021 in Indexing

I'm indexing a business directory where I index a husband and wife as one entry--if listed. Here I have an entry for a father and son, a business with the surname, the father's initial and "and Son." If I were to index the son, I assume I would only index him by his surname, but should he be indexed at all? Here's the link: https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/7bf4acfe-ea89-46a8-b423-3584f0ffd2d0. Thanks for your help!

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  • John Empoliti
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    April 5, 2021 Answer ✓

    Hi Alison. If the listing is J Smith & Son. you just index J Smith. The Son is not named, so he is not indexed. Maybe he'll be named separately later.

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  • Alison Craig
    Alison Craig ✭
    April 5, 2021 Answer ✓

    Great! Thank you.

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  • John Empoliti
    John Empoliti ✭✭✭✭✭
    April 6, 2021

    You're welcome, Alison.

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  • Shannon Potter Wilcox
    Shannon Potter Wilcox ✭✭✭
    April 7, 2021

    @Alison Craig We have an Indexing Chat Community that is also a great resource for your future questions.


    https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/100-indexing-chat

    Happy Indexing

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