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Rebekah DiVall
Rebekah DiVall ✭
July 26, 2021 edited August 23, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

I'm doing some death record indexing and the given name of the person appears to be abbreviated. The name looks like it could be either "Win" or "Wm." (William could be a possible name). What makes me think that the name is abbreviated is that the last name of the person is 10 characters long. Another thing is that there isn't a dot where the "i" could be for 'Win' but there also seems to be a period after the first name. I'm guessing the person writing the record put the full last name to ensure the family could find the records for their genealogy. How should I fill in the name for this entry?

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  • Dellory Matthews
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    July 26, 2021 Answer ✓

    When indexing names, we always type what we see. Punctuation isn't necessary. The researcher gets to determine what an abbreviation stands for.

    If you share your batch, someone can give you more specific help with the record you are looking at.

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-should-i-index-abbreviations
    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-share-an-indexing-batch-with-someone


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