Sep. 11th, 2025

vivdunstan: Portion of a 1687 testament of ancestor James Greenfield in East Lothian (historical research)
And that's stage 2 of the book chapter indexing completed. Sitting at 100 lines in my text file. Multiple page refs to same thing merged into single lines (inc a few hefty page ranges for chapter core subjects). But that's enough for now. Will finish tomorrow (checking, editing, reordering & formatting). The full chapter I'm indexing is 16 pages long in proofs, mostly a transcript of a 1682 historical poem. Because that poem mentions an awful lot of historical people and events, it needs surprisingly hefty indexing. I believe my index will be combined with other chapter writers? (not ideal, but ...) Indexing has been fun, though I'm not 100% sure whether I should have included an entry for "Meg 'the Marling'" with no surname known. But generally taking over inclusive approach rather than under indexing! I did train and qualify as a book indexer long ago, before realising my progressive illness was already too advanced.

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