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Lynet Thomas Smith
Lynet Thomas Smith ✭
April 8, 2021 in Indexing

My question is about Prefixes. I know that these are common prefixes we need to enter: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr. But what about things like Rev and Capt? I do not know where to look for an answer. Thanks so much.

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  • Lynet Thomas Smith
    Lynet Thomas Smith ✭
    April 8, 2021 Answer ✓

    I found the rule by looking under the word "Captain". It is classified as a "Title". Sorry for bothering you with this question. Lynet Smith

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  • John Empoliti
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    April 8, 2021 edited April 8, 2021

    But Rev and Capt are also prefixes (come before the name) besides being titles, so if there were a Prefix field, they would get indexed there. Just as Jr, Sr, 2nd or III are titles but are also suffixes (come after the name), so if there were a Suffix Field, those would get indexed there.

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  • Shannon Potter Wilcox
    Shannon Potter Wilcox mod
    April 9, 2021

    @Lynet Smith I would like to invite you to join the Indexing Chat Community. It is a community of indexers and is a great resource for indexers. I have included the link here.


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

    Happy Indexing

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