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 […]