I agree with your philosophy, Judith ie, do not index 'In Memoriams' unless it
is very clear that it is a death/funeral notice inserted under the wrong
heading.
This notice is, on my reading, an 'In Memoriam' (it is not a Memorial notice --
that is a very different thing) so I would not index it. I know it's tempting
for the reason you've given, but that would open us up to indexing other In
Memoriams where we could not find an earlier death notice.
Just my 2c worth.
Lindsay
On 4/5/19 1315, Judith Hansen wrote:
This entry appears under 'In Memoriam' which we don't index. However,
occasionally an entry will appear which should have been placed under
death/funerals and it is indexed as 'Other'. This one is strange as it is
definitely a Memorial notice but there is no death notice on ryerson for
Michael MASON in 1918.
Should we stretch the rules in this case and enter as 'X-Other' with a
publication date so that there is some record of the deceased.
Judith Hansen
