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Some indexes have a key table along the page margins. <br> | Some indexes have a key table along the page margins. <br> | ||
A Dayton Index has a key table along the left edge of every entry page. Index entries are filed by the first two letters of the surname. They key gives the page number for each two letter group. For [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18272-55581-57?cc=1909099&wc=14030662 an example], see "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," index | A Dayton Index has a key table along the left edge of every entry page. Index entries are filed by the first two letters of the surname. They key gives the page number for each two letter group. For [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18272-55581-57?cc=1909099&wc=14030662 an example], see "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971," index & images, ''FamilySearch'' ([https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18272-55581-57?cc=1909099&wc=14030662 : accessed 07 Jan 2014]), Brooke > Index to will books, v. 01 1797-1971 > image 93 of 141.<br> | ||
Irwin-Hodson indexes have a key table along the outside edges of the entry pages, half on the left edge of the left page and half and the right edge of the right page. Initial letters of surnames are printed in large type. Adjacent to each of these letters, and enclosed in a brace is a list of initial letters of given names and the associated page number. | Irwin-Hodson indexes have a key table along the outside edges of the entry pages, half on the left edge of the left page and half and the right edge of the right page. Initial letters of surnames are printed in large type. Adjacent to each of these letters, and enclosed in a brace is a list of initial letters of given names and the associated page number. | ||
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
* | *[https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/viewer.aspx?page=using%20indexes "Types of Indexes Found at the Maryland State Archives"] | ||
*Powell, Kimberly T. '' Navigate Courthouse Indexes like a Pro.'' NGS Magazine 44 #1 (January-March 2018): 38-43 | *Powell, Kimberly T. '' Navigate Courthouse Indexes like a Pro.'' NGS Magazine 44 #1 (January-March 2018): 38-43 | ||
*Radoff, Morris L., Gust Skordas, and Phebe R. Jacobsen. ''The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland,'' Part Two: The Records, Publication No. 13. Annapolis, Maryland: The Hall of Records Commission, 1963. Available at [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000546/html/index.html Archives of Maryland Online]. Accessed 2013.<br> | *Radoff, Morris L., Gust Skordas, and Phebe R. Jacobsen. ''The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland,'' Part Two: The Records, Publication No. 13. Annapolis, Maryland: The Hall of Records Commission, 1963. Available at [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000546/html/index.html Archives of Maryland Online]. Accessed 2013.<br> | ||
*Rose, Christine. ''Courthouse Indexes Illustrated.'' San Jose, California : CR Publications, 2006. | *Rose, Christine. ''Courthouse Indexes Illustrated.'' San Jose, California : CR Publications, 2006. | ||
*Sittner, Kathi. | *Sittner, Kathi. "Documents in Detail: Land Deed Indexes," ''Ancestry'' 12 (November/December 1994). | ||
*Sperry, Kip. | *Sperry, Kip. "The Index: A Tool for the Genealogist," ''The Genealogical Helper ''30 (January 1976). | ||
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