Quite frequently, we’ve been coming across plots with multiple owners–likely siblings in most cases. We have been recording only the first owner which meant that we might be missing the opportunity to index additional family surnames . NEW: If there are two or more owners, record all the first names, […]
Daily Archives: November 5, 2009
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In the case of an un-named infant or child, or the occasional “wife of”, the rule is to mark the “deceased’s given name” blank with ctrl+b and to use the surname of the relative mentioned. The Mount Pleasant indexing fields offer no obvious way to record the forename of the […]
Indexer Pat Jeffs has brought forward a anomaly in the Mount Pleasant registers for which we now have an answer. Pat noted that, in a couple of cases, there were two individuals listed on a single line in the register–one set of twin infants, and a husband and wife. Each […]
I know that some of you have discovered the “organize fields” feature, but for those that haven’t, here’s a pleasant surprise that will make your indexing much easier. ORGANIZE FIELDS When you have the indexing page open, you’ll see a “View” menu at the top left. Choose “Organize fields” and […]