Re: [LDS] Indexing a book with lots of names and locations

[Christine Pettit]

You may not need it for your index, but while you're doing it, you should 
separate surnames from given names, so you can sort either way. It can be 
revealing.

This is interesting, because I have wondered how to do this myself. It 
seems like an overwhelming task.

At 03:15 PM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I am thinking of indexing a book from a parish district in Wales.  The names
>of people and places are very similar and LLs very popular.  I am not a
>great typist and do not have a plan yet on how to do this task.  Maybe a bit
>of input from listeners will help.
>
>I was thinking of using a Database or Spreadsheet by MS.  Have not decided
>yet if I am going to do one or two indexes.  I was thinking of making the
>first column for two indexes, second column for names and the third for page
>numbers.  I would start on page one and it is a persons name give it a one
>in column one and if a location give it a two.  I would just go page by page
>and not try to put all the page number at this time together.  If I decided
>to make it into two indexes I could program it to pull out all ones or twos,
>them alphabetize the names and thirdly have the pages in numerical order by
>name.  Then go back an edit duplications of names and add the page number to
>the remain name.  Does this sound practical or am I trying to hard to make
>it a major problem????
>
>Please be kind and civil.  No four letter words.  Thank you
>
>John in California
>
>
>
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