Initials or job?
Two people in my residential listings have no job, except for U S N. Does this count as a job (United States Navy)? Or should I put this as initials?
I also checked reference images—What about the person with U S Navy "musician" (I forgot what it actually said), would I just assume that their initials were "U S"? Even insofar as P O box??
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Occupations and addresses are not indexed.
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I'm just wondering if I'm allowed to "assume" something is an occupation instead of an oddly coincidental initialing.
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We do not assume anything in indexing.
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So then I would put U S N in the initials for both these individuals?
And PO in this guy's?
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USN is US Navy, which is their occupation and Michael F works in a Post Office as a clerk; all three are not indexed.
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ok! thanks for the help :)
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I think the confusion is that you asked your initial question in the 'Ask A Question → Indexing' sub-forum.
When you do data entry out in the Family Tree (not in Indexing) you can add these occupation and home address details with the year in the Other Information —> Residence or Occupation found below Vitals. This will prove invaluable in confirming a person/family through time, especially with those of common names. Tracking both the Name, Location, but also a matching occupation or specific house address will weed out bad merges and mixing up different families.
Good job recognizing those detail opportunities.
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She was asking about indexing. The screenshots were taken from a batch in the City Directories project.
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