As I understand the Rule, Lindsay,
Just straight "at home" should not be indexed;
"At home in..." is indexed as "Late of ..."
I asked John about "At hospice." He replied to treat it in the same
way. Without any location, the home or hospice could be anywhere, not
necessarily in the place of birth or death.
Yes, it might help a researcher, but a family member is in a better
position to know whether "home" is the one we are aware of.
HTH,
Doug.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018
14:07:11 +1100 Lindsay Graham <LDGraham@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The indexing instructions do not cover this specifically, but I've
always assumed that death 'at home', in the absence of any
information to indicate where home was, was not indexed. But I'm
aware that many people have indexed it, and I wonder whether I should
be doing that. I guess it could sometimes be useful information for
a researcher, so perhaps we could index it.
But if we do index it, it should be 'home' not 'at home' -- the
latter means it will appear as 'at at home' (and there are a lot of
those in Ryerson!)
Lindsay Graham, Canberra
