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I'm doing a batch of US-city and business directories. Lists the last name, first name, spouse in

BeverlyCozzens1
BeverlyCozzens1 ✭
August 5, 2021 in Indexing

parenthesis, then address. After that is lists several first names in parenthesis. I'm guessing they are the children's names. Should I index them with the last name, or not index them at all.?

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  • John Empoliti
    John Empoliti ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 5, 2021 edited August 6, 2021 Answer ✓

    Give them each their own Entry with Ctrl+B i. e. <Blank> Surname.

    From the Field Help for the Surname Fields:

    “Do not assume a surname from the surnames of others mentioned in the document.”

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  • BeverlyCozzens1
    BeverlyCozzens1 ✭
    August 12, 2021 Answer ✓

    Thank you

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  • scable2001
    scable2001 ✭✭
    August 12, 2021

    The names in () are the spouses and you can index those names in the Spouse given name field, don't assume the last name so that is blank so do cont B or Command B to leave the word Blank in the field.

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  • John Empoliti
    John Empoliti ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 12, 2021
    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/274875#Comment_274875

    You're welcome, Beverly. I took from your question that you literally had a single record with a principal person and several names in parentheses, making them more likely to be children than a spouse. If there were just one name in parentheses then that is normally a spouse and is indexed in the Spouse's Fields as @scable2001 has said. I probably should have asked you to Share your Batch info so that I could have looked at it to be sure which situation you have.

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  • scable2001
    scable2001 ✭✭
    August 20, 2021

    We all should see the batch to answer a question about a batch. Always put the batch no. and example is

    XXXX-XXX it is listed in [xxxx-xxx] at the end of the batch!

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