Regarding surnames with Jr

Marcia Roughley

When indexing marriages, the groom has Jr at the end of his name. Do I index that Jr with his surname?

John Empoliti

In general, no, unless there is a Suffix Field or (rare these days) a Terms and Titles Field.

sgsreader

Please read the Project Instructions and Field Helps for the particular batch and project you are working on. We don't see any instructions regarding suffixes in the General Indexing Guidelines. If there is no Suffix field, the suffix would not be entered unless the Project Instructions or Field Helps state otherwise.

Marcia Roughley

Thank you; it's what I thought and went with while waiting to hear.