New Project Help – England, Newspaper Index Cards (Andrews Collection)
With so many different types of articles in this collection it is sometimes hard to determine what needs to be keyed. We have received a lot of questions and hope that our recently published online help article for the England, Newspaper Index Cards collection, found here, will help you. If you need further assistance please email our support team at worldarchivesproject at tgn.com.
Please attach a secondary document at
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4211
The problem with the explanation at the above URL is that the main focus of the record may be incongruent with the name at the top of the card.
Example from record set 540673_193
Beach, Ronald G.
Beach – On March 10, 1944, to Renee Bletcher (nee Day), wife of Capt. Ronald Gly_ Beach, ___ African Forces–a daughter (Hilary Judith).
(blank lines are unreadable sections).
1. This could first be keyed as MARRIAGE with unknown date, unknown location, which would capture the 2 adult names (one of which appears at the top of the card, fulfilling that rquirement of keying).
2. Second SECTION, keyed as BIRTH
Hilary Judith Beach, March 10, 1944, Capt. Ronald Gly_ Beach, Renee Bletcher (nee Day) Beach
2a. (if the record also said, “sister to Michael James”, then Michael James Beach would be another Birth keyed) with unknown birth date, father Capt. Ronald Gly_ Beach, mother Hilary Judith Beach.
3b. If the record also said “the late Capt. Ronald Gly_ Beach, ___ African Forces” it would have a section for “Death” for him.
I also WISH there was a place for KEYER COMMENTS on each keyed data, so the next keyer would know why a keyer made certain decisions on difficult records. Or, the 1st Keyer could leave a question like “Should xxx be keyed as this type xxx?” Genealogists strive to do complete work and it’s frustrating to be unable to communicate with the follow-up keyer about problems with fitting the data in somewhere/ somehow.
Could you also place an example on the help pages for a WOMAN with more than 3 to 5 surnames, such as (made up example) “ADAMS– Margery Kathleen ADAMS, nee COOK, formerly JOHNSTON, formerly JOHNS, formerly WOLFETON, formerly THRIFT, formerly
WHITE-MARKELL, died June 1, 1927 at Sussex….” Whew. I keyed them one after the other, but it got confusing as to the order of the names.