FamilySearch Indexing
This type of form has both a place of birth and nationality columns. The place of birth is broken down into two subcolumns. When there are two subcolumns, index only the information recorded in the country column. Place of Birth or Nationality Hiroshima Place of Birth or Nationality Calif Place of Birth or Nationality Calif Place of Birth or Nationality Calif
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Do not index information from the Nationality column, unless no place of birth was recorded.
*Surname *Given Names Age Gender Place of Birth or Nationality *Event Year
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Agnes Jean 14 F 1828
The place-names on this document are not indexed because they are not written in a place of birth or nationality field. We don’t know whether they refer to a place of birth or a place of departure or arrival. So the field would be marked as blank or tabbed over, according to instructions in the field help.
If the column heading doesn’t show on the image, then index the first locality or nationality written for the record. The place of birth or nationality would be taken from this column. You would type Sweden for all passengers shown on this document.
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Index only the localities from this column, not the date, as shown in the sample image.
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Place of Birth or Nationality
Iloilo P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Somerset KY
Place of Birth or Nationality
Sta Rosa Laguna P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Manila P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Laoag P I
Place of Birth or Nationality Seattle Wash Do not index information from this column.
Fairfield IA Paris France New York N Y
This document is a special kind of passenger list for citizens of the United States. Most passengers listed on this kind of document will be from the United States. However, occasionally you may see a passenger with a place of birth listed that is outside the United States. Index place-names from the “If Native of the United States…” column only. Do not index information from the “If Naturalized…” column.
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Place of Birth or Nationality
England
Place of Birth or Nationality
India
Place of Birth or Nationality
The image below is from a standard passenger list, not one that was specifically for US citizens. The third record below indicates that a passport was issued in Washington DC, but it doesn’t specify the issuing country or the nationality of the recipient. Because no birthplace or nationality was recorded and only information about a passport was given, in this case the Place of Birth or Nationality field would be marked for the third record.
Place of Birth or Nationality
NewHeydePark NY
Place of Birth or Nationality
Meriden Conn
Place of Birth or Nationality
Some documents do not have the words “Country of Birth” or “Nationality” in the column heading, but often a different column heading indicates the country of birth or nationality. In the type of document shown above, you would index the information in the column titled “The country to which they severally belong.” This column indicates nationality.
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Do not index information from the Nationality column, unless no place of birth was recorded.
*Surname *Given Names Age Gender Place of Birth or Nationality *Event Year
2
Agnes Jean 14 F 1828
The place-names on this document are not indexed because they are not written in a place of birth or nationality field. We don’t know whether they refer to a place of birth or a place of departure or arrival. So the field would be marked as blank or tabbed over, according to instructions in the field help.
If the column heading doesn’t show on the image, then index the first locality or nationality written for the record. The place of birth or nationality would be taken from this column. You would type Sweden for all passengers shown on this document.
3
Index only the localities from this column, not the date, as shown in the sample image.
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Place of Birth or Nationality
Iloilo P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Somerset KY
Place of Birth or Nationality
Sta Rosa Laguna P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Manila P I
Place of Birth or Nationality
Laoag P I
Place of Birth or Nationality Seattle Wash Do not index information from this column.
Fairfield IA Paris France New York N Y
This document is a special kind of passenger list for citizens of the United States. Most passengers listed on this kind of document will be from the United States. However, occasionally you may see a passenger with a place of birth listed that is outside the United States. Index place-names from the “If Native of the United States…” column only. Do not index information from the “If Naturalized…” column.
1 2 3
Place of Birth or Nationality
England
Place of Birth or Nationality
India
Place of Birth or Nationality
The image below is from a standard passenger list, not one that was specifically for US citizens. The third record below indicates that a passport was issued in Washington DC, but it doesn’t specify the issuing country or the nationality of the recipient. Because no birthplace or nationality was recorded and only information about a passport was given, in this case the Place of Birth or Nationality field would be marked for the third record.
Place of Birth or Nationality
NewHeydePark NY
Place of Birth or Nationality
Meriden Conn
Place of Birth or Nationality
Some documents do not have the words “Country of Birth” or “Nationality” in the column heading, but often a different column heading indicates the country of birth or nationality. In the type of document shown above, you would index the information in the column titled “The country to which they severally belong.” This column indicates nationality.
