Stirpes, Volume 6, Number 4, December 1966. Page: 131
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GENEALOGICAL INDEXING
Now if another article in the same magazine has something
on the Shakers, these are not synonymous, as they are separate
groups with their own ministers and beliefs. Since they are
smililar, and had a common origin, you can now use the see
also Shakers. After all of the Shaker references, you may add
at the end, See also Quakers.
However, if there are no entries under Shaker, do not refer.
Never, never, mislead your reader. There must be something to
see if you use this form.
From your very critical analysis of the various types of
published indexes, id you not think to yourself, I wish there
were one standard and that all conformed? I hope that you did.
Research is hard enough as it is without throwing up barricades
that require time to figure out, or that need a special "legend"
to explain.
Dr. Jean Stephenson urges this, especially in the use of
abbreviations used by genealogists for terms within the text.
In her booklet, Is That Lineage Right?, compiled as a manual
for DAR, she has an excellent glossary of abbreviations and
selected terms. You may buy this booklet from the National
Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street,
N. W., Washington, D. C. 20006, or see if you can borrow a copy
from a local chapter's registrar.
The United States Post Office Department has issued a zip
code directory that you should find in your library or at your
post office, where you can find the correct abbreviations for
states, and do not have to resort to peculiar ones. A dictionary
will also give this, as well as an atlas or gazetteer. So there
is really no excuse to make up your own abbreviations as some
people have done.
Librarians have a standard abbreviation on their catalog
cards for the months, using just the first three letters of each,
and that is all that is needed to be perfectly intelligible.
This about rounds up an article that intended only to
encourage and to get you started. I shall be happy to try to
answer individual questions, if you will send me a self-addressed
stamped envelope to:
Mrs. Abby Moran, 5125 El Campo, Fort Worth, Texas 76107.
A Brief List of Aids--in addition to Wheeler's Bulletin--
American Genealogical Index Bulletin No. 24. April 1947.
Middletown, Conn.: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952.
Collison, R. L. Indexes and Indexing. New York: DeGraff, 1953.
Daughters of the American Revolution. Is That Lineage Right?
Washington, D. C., 1958.
Hiss, Sophie K. A.L.A. Rules for Filing Catalog Cards. Chicago:
American Library Association, 1942. . --
Josephson, Bertha E. "Indexing," American Archivist, 10:133-50.
Leslie, Louis A. 20.000 Words Spelled, Divided, and Accented.
New York: Gregg Publishing Co., 1954.
Nicholson, Margaret. Dictionary of American-English Usage.
New York: Oxford Press, 1957.
Webster's Collegiate or the Unabried Dictionary.131
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