Question on indexing/reviewing (re: nee)
So I have been away from indexing for a while. There's this 'nee' marked by the last name on a few immigration forms. I ... think this meant something similar to like an alias...? But I can't remember because I'd been away from this?
Here is an example and the one I'm working on. I wanted to ask for feedback on it.
Thank you.
Enclosure; Link below
https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/7ff7d5c0-3081-4d49-90ac-662945c71518
Answers
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née is the French word for the maiden/birth name for a woman. Her birth name is Behr (not Ber, as indexed), and her married surname is Ackerman.
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I am just returning to indexing as well. I noticed on line (9) of the certificate she entered the USA using the name Yette Ber.
General Guidelines say, "If alias names were included on a document, or if an individual's name was listed with various spellings on the document, include all variants, separating each with the word Or."
I would wait for confirmation on this, but I would enter the info as follows:
given name: Yetta or Yette
surname: Behr Or Ber Or Ackerman
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You'd ditch the last Or and index the surname as Behr or Ber Ackerman.
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