What Names Should I Key?
We recently added something new to the keying instructions for each *newly released* project called “What Names Should I Key?” If you have not run across one yet, take a look at an example below:
What Names Should I Key? Government gazettes are like a newspaper with articles, except the articles deal with notices of various kinds put out by the government rather than interesting current events. For example, an article may contain a table of immigrant names, a notice about a crime that was committed, a list of individuals that received government appointments, or a land transaction. Every person mentioned in an article should be keyed on their own record excluding the names of those who authored the articles (typically found at the end or bottom of an article). These authors names will appear multiple times. We will also not usually key the names of Mayors, Governors, etc., unless the article is specifically about them.
That’s it! Just a short paragraph letting you know which names should be keyed. So why are we pointing this out?
1st: So you know it’s there and use it.
2nd: So you can tell us what you think! Please share your thoughts on this new feature in the comments section.
Happy Keying!
Great idea, but it is very confusing to read that your example comes from “South Australia, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1853:” since it refers to government gazettes. I think the project page that you have taken it from is a “work in progress”, for a project which has not yet been released, and some of the sections have been copied from other project pages and not yet updated to reflect the requirements of the project that it is for.