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samnicolekelley
samnicolekelley ✭
June 29, 2021 edited August 25, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

I think it is "do" but I saw it in place of a couple given names and for a couple causes of death. I don't know what it means, does anyone?

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  • Dellory Matthews
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    June 29, 2021 Answer ✓

    Do is an abbreviation for ditto and it can be used for names, dates, places, etc.

    It means that entry is the same as the previous one. Such as Pneumonia.

    There is often information on "ditto" in the General Indexing Guidelines section of the Project Instructions.

    https://familysearch.brightspotcdn.com/fa/02/0a4b9f8d431291cc76e5f0815a36/ditto-marks.pdf

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  • samnicolekelley
    samnicolekelley ✭
    June 29, 2021

    It seems like it means to repeat the last column. Confusing as they also use " " for repeating.

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