Australia Newspaper Vital Notice instruction UPDATE
Many of you have come across image sets in the Australia Newspaper projects where family members and loved ones have submitted multiple notices of an event, most often it’s a death notice. The resent discussion has lead to a Project Instruction update for both projects. Please check out the instructions for both Australia Newspaper Vital Notices both Part 1 & Part 1c.
What Names Should I Key? Although many persons are mentioned in a newspaper, you only want to key the names of individuals who appear in “Notices” announcing births, deaths, engagements, funerals, marriages, memoriams and obituaries. The section of the newspaper with these notices should be headed by what type of notice it is followed by the individuals underneath. In each notice, key the primary individual (the person for whom the notice was written) and then if applicable, her/his spouse, parents and spouse parents. Do not key any other person mentioned in a notice.
Often you will find family members submit multiple notices of an event (frequently death notices). If an image has multiple notices of the same event for the same person, index only one notice.
At last some common sense!