Family and Local History
Indexing Group

SIGG Newsletter contents
(issues 21 to 30)

The list which follows is a selection of the contents of SIGGNL issues 21 to 30.
Generally editorial material, short items and reports of officers are omitted unless it is judged that they might be of interest in the medium to long term.

Further Comments on the NCA rules on Indexing Names - 1

Tony Ryding

First of three follow up articles arising from the review on the same subject appearing in SIGGNL 20

Further Comments on the NCA rules on Indexing Names - 2

Derek Milledge

Second of three follow up articles arising from the review on the same subject appearing in SIGGNL 20

Further Comments on the NCA rules on Indexing Names - 3

Colin Mills

Third of three follow up articles arising from the review on the same subject appearing in SIGGNL 20

Records of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire: Reviews

Tony Rydings

Two reviews covering (1) the Index to certain Bedfordshire FHS Journals and (2) the index to vols 21 to 30 of Records of Buckinghamshire

SIGGNL 22
October / November 1999
 

Abstracts of Materials on Indexing Personal Names

Tony Rydings

Useful sources of information on indexing personal names

Cataloguing and Indexing of Personal Names

Colin Mills

Deals with principal naming models used throughout the world

Why should a Genealogy Society give Records Away?

Jeffrey A Bockman

The author stating his case for family history societies to publish indexes and other compliations free on the internet

Letter to the Editor Responding to Jeffrey Bockman

Gordon Johnson

A response to the previous article refuting many of the reasons put forth by Jeffrey Bockman

Hunting for Missing Persons in Japan

Tony Rydings

Difficulties experienced by a diligent police officer in a fictional tale

Data Protection Act 1999

David Lambert

Implications of the new Act for SIGG members

SIGGNL 23
February / March 2000
 

Indexing Newspapers, Magazines and other Perodicals

Geraldine Beare

A summary by Colin Mills

Indexing Standards as Applied to Genealogy

Tony Rydings

How ISO 999 applies to genealogical indexes

Mad as a Hatter?

Gerry Allen

Compilation of an index to The Hatters' Gazette and Umbrella and Portmanteau Trades Review from 1878 to the 1950's when it ceased publication

Transcribing Manuscript Diaries and Journals

A G Charlesworth

The author's experience in the particular field of diaries and journals

SIGGNL 24
June / July 2000
 

How should SIGG use the Internet?

David Squire

Proposals for how SIGG could usefully expand its web presence

Catalogue and Index - contents of Winter 1999 issue

(news item)

A summary of articles from this issue

National Monuments Record and MIDAS

(news item)

Drawing attention to the English Heritage commitment to promote the INSCRIPTION terminology standard and the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage for England ("FISHEN")

Using Marriage Licence and Parish Register Transcripts

Colin Allen

Deals with the author's experience in indexing transcriptions which themselves may be inaccurate or unhelpful for a variety of reasons

Local Studies Libarian - contents of Winter 1999 Issue

(news item)

A summary of articles from this issue

Designing Codes for the Dedications Tables

Tony Rydings

An explanation of how the dedications codes have been compiled with examples of some of the problems encountered

Family and Community History - contents of May 2000 issue

(news item)

A summary of articles from this issue

FFHS Computer Committee Report for June 1997 to June 2000

Colin Mills

An update on activity since the last report in SIGGNL 14 covering the British Isles Genealogical Register, the National Burial Index, the standard forenames list and the standard placenames list as well as other topics such as CD standards

Local History Magazine - contents of May-June 2000 issue

(news item)

A summary of articles from this issue

Mathematical Gazetteer

(news item)

News of a project by David Singmaster to collect information about where mathematicians were born, lived, died or are buried or commemorated

SIGGNL 25
October / November 2000
 

Digitising History: a Guide to Creating Digital Resources from Historical Documents - a review

Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

A review of a publication from the History Data Service at Essex University

Using a Database for Transcribing the 1891 Census

Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

Describes the process used for the production of the 1891 census index of Buckinghamshire together with useful insight into features of the census transcription program

Let the Metadata Come in and Have a Cup of Tea

Sue Brown

A report on the Library Association Cataloguing and Indexing Group Annual Conference at Hereford in June 2000

Dedications and Codes for Mary

Tony Rydings

Describes a specific issue arising in the dedications project

Genealogical Group Projects

(news item)

FFHS Computer Group Report

(news item)

Networking: Strength Through Numbers

Sally Chambers

This articles deals with facilities available to librarians helping family history researchers

Society of Indexers Annual Conference 2000

(news item)

A report on the 2000 Cambridge conference of the Society of Indexers based on extracts from SIdelights

Climbing Boys

Allan Charlesworth

Harrowing tales of young children used as chimney sweeps in the 19th century

Calendar

(news item)

A listing of conferences, workshops and other events

My, Isn't This Sweet

Tony Rydings

Curiosities in the 1881 census index

Articles on Indexes, Transcripts, Databases and Related Matters: an Eclectic Bibliography

Colin Mills

An extensive compliation which runs to some twelve pages of SIGGNL

SIGGNL 26
February / March 2001
 

Bedforshire Parish Registers - Preparing a Master Index

Gerry Allen

Issues involved in consolidating and standardising the existing parish register indexes for a complete county that had been prepared over a sixty year period

Undated Minutes of the Sidmouth Manorial Court

Colin Mills

Transcription of the minutes of a Feoffees' meeting and tour of inspection.

Keeping Records for a One-name Study

Mary Rix

Abstract of a talk given by Mary Rix at a symposium held at the Society of Genealogists in 1997

The Diary of Another Country Parson

Monica Maloney

A description of a project by the author to index 29 volumes of her grandfather's diary

Index to the Longstaff Papers

Christine McGeoch

The Longstaff papers collect together information about the descendants of Sir Thomas More. The author describes her preparation of the index.

Eclectic Bibliography II

Colin Mills

The second part of a list of articles of relevence to genealogical indexing covering six and a half pages of SIGGNL

Indexing at the Cutting Edge - SI conference 2001

(news item)

Convenor's Annual Report

(news item)

Report on SIGG website

(news item)

Comments on Lists of Indexes

Margaret Shand

Suggestion for listing genealogical indexes on the SIGG web site

Closing Goodbye

Sarah Nightingale

Final report by retiring membership secretary and treasurer

Introduction

Andrew Warren

Personal introduction from the new membership secretary and treasurer

SIGGNL 27
May / June 2001
 

An Assessment of Name Matching Algorithms (Part 1 of 4)

A J Lait & B Randell

A comparative analysis of a number of algorithms for identifying name spelling variations identifying their strengths and weaknesses. The algorithms covered in this part include Russell Soundex, Daitch-Mokotoff Coding, Metaphone Coding, FONEM, ISG, INC, DIC, K-Approximate String Matching and Guth Name Matching.

Napoleon Buonaparte's Assassination

Allan Charlesworth

An attempt on Napoleon's life took place whilst he was confined on the island of Elba.

Experiences with a Paradox Database, Leeson's Generation Grid and a One-Name Study

John Speake

Describes experiences with indexing a Speake one-name study.

Indexing at the Daily Telegraph

Alexandra Erskine

Based on a talk for the Society of Indexers

A Draft Cross-Index to Latin Primers for Family and Local Historians

Colin Mills

A comparison of various guides to latin.

Cornwall Marriage Indexing Project

Rita Warmington

Describes the Cornwall Family History Society's project to complete a marriage index for the whole county

Using Idealist as a Genealogical Database

David Greenhalgh

Personal experience of using a general purpose database for family history.

Can Soundex be Improved?

Peter Christian

Shortcomings of Soundex analysed with pointers to possible improvements

Eclectic Bibliography III

Colin Mills

The third part of Colin's list covers March 1991 to December 1993

SIGGNL 28
October 2001
 

An Assessment of Name Matching Algorithms (Part 2 of 4)

A J Lait & B Randell

Describes the techniques used for the comparison of the effectiveness of four different algorithms introduced in the first part and the outcome of these studies.

Eclectic Bibliography IV

Colin Mills

Part four covers the period January 1994 to December 1996.

Using a Relational Database for a One-Name Study

LW Bunning

Highlights the author's method of correlating all references to an individual from many different source files.

British Surname Thesaurus: a Proposed National Project

Ian Galbraith

The background to a proposal for developing an online thesaurus of British surname variants.

Editorial Introduction to "Genealogy and Indexing"

Kathleen Spaltro

Introducing an American book devoted to genealogical indexing

A Step into the (Almost) Unknown

Margaret Rawnsley

Indexing 115 issues of a magazine devoted to the Leeds Arts Collections Fund.

Three-Letter Acronyms for Parishes

Colin Mills

The benefits of standard short codes for parish names.

Indexing at the Cutting Edge - Archaelogical Indexing

Cherry Lavell

The particular challenges of indexing archaelogical material

SIGGNL 29
December 2001
 

An Assessment of Name Matching Algorithms (Part 3 of 4)

A J Lait & B Randell

Presenting Phonex as an improvement to Soundex

Large Scale Indexing on the Web Using Hyperlinks

John Palmer

The author explains the benefits of using readily available computer programs to create hypertext linked indexes for very large text documents.

Thoughts on E-mails

Michael Cayley

Highlights the problem of losing valuable information by treating emails as transient. The author presents a solution.

Using a Relational Database for a One-Name Study I

Michael H Kay

This article shows some of the ways in which you can organise one name data in a relational database and the kind of queries which you can then perform.

Other Useful Indexes in the College of Arms

Jane Tunesi of Liongam

Describes the creation of miscellaneous indexes at the College of Arms.

Perfecting Pedigree - a Model for Other Programs?

Philip Richards

How the program Pedigree can be tailored to meet a wide range of individual needs.

Emigration to New South Wales

Allan Charlesworth

From a letter published in The Times of 26 December 1834.

Eclectic Bibliography V

Colin Mills

A continuation of Colin's compliation from January 1997 to December 1999.

SIGGNL 30
May 2002
 

An Assessment of Name Matching Algorithms (Part 4 of 4)

A J Lait & B Randell

Details of the Phonex algorithm

Alphabetical arrangements of Mc and Mac

Anne McCarthy

The case for interfiling names beginning with Mc, Mac and M'

Biography Indexing: Not a Subject Specialism

Hazel K Bell

The differences between indexing scientific and literary texts and the particular challenges presented by biographies

Shropshire's Past Unfolded: Cataloguing and Indexing Archives Using CALM 2000 Plus

David R Jones

A description, by this project's supervisor, of the work carried out since April 1998 in generating an extensive catalogue and index of Shropshire Archives including the way in which subject, place and name indexing difficulties were tackled and dedicated archival software was used

When did you stop beating your wife?

Roy Stockdill

From the byways of newspaper indexing

Federation Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages: 1889 to 1920

Faye Guthrie

A report on this Australian project which started in 1993

Updating the Victorian Pioneers Index

Faye Guthrie

Why and how the Victorian Pioneers Index (births, deaths and marriages 1837 to 1888) was upgraded

Annual Report

Colin Mills

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