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Discussion in 'General Genealogical Queries' started by jorghes, Aug 28, 2020.

  1. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    Any chance you could fill in the gaps for me here, please? I can remember you writing about the GRO indexes in newsletters but not about this aspect specifically, nor can I find it.
     
  2. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    See the newsletters around the time of the release of the new indexes.
     
  3. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    OK, thanks, I'll try that - if I can remember or work out when the release was!
     
  4. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    No need to remember, use the newsletter Search.
     
  5. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    Yes, that's how I managed to work out the release date in the end, but I'm still not finding any mention of entries that are indexed under two surnames in the old indexes but only under one in the new.

    Never mind! Wondering if there were other examples like the one I mentioned was only a casual thought, and I've reported the error/omission to the GRO so hopefully this example will one day not be one any more.
     
  6. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    No, the early articles probably didn't give examples, because they hadn't been found - the examples came later. What those articles did was more important - explaining the differences in the way the indexes were compiled. Everything else follows from that.
     

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