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summerclinton
summerclinton ✭
August 11, 2021 edited August 23, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

How would you index a birthplace that says Poland (formally Russia). Sometimes it is in parenthesis and sometimes not. Thank you

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 11, 2021 Answer ✓

    I would type the birthplace as Poland Russia and leave out the identifier "formerly" and the parentheses. The general indexing guidelines tell us:

     Do not include identifying descriptions or terms, such as “near,” “about,” “around,” “twp,” “township,” “city,” “county,” or “state,” with the place-name unless the term is normally used as part of the name (for example, Mexico City, Salt Lake City, or New York City).

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  • summerclinton
    summerclinton ✭
    August 11, 2021 Answer ✓

    Thank you, that really helped me.

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  • VanReethAnne-Marie1
    VanReethAnne-Marie1 ✭
    August 11, 2021

    Hello,

    We type what is in the record, we do not interpret. The person who works with the record can fill in what he/she thinks is correct.

    Greetings

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  • Susan Ann Mullen
    Susan Ann Mullen ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 11, 2021

    We have been told to do exactly as Melissa S Himes has suggested. Include all the locations minus the 'formerly'.

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