The Portable Genealogist: Indexing; by Leslie A. Weston; 4 pp., folded; Laminated; 8.5x11; Published: 2015; ISBN: 9780880823258; Item # NE42
An index is essential in a family history book; your reader should be able, at a minimum, to look up every person mentioned in the book. You might want to index place names as well-either as part of the same index or as a separate one. Some family history indexes also include events (such as wars or battles), colleges/universities, and names of ships. The choice is up to you.
You can prepare the index yourself or a professional indexer can prepare it for you. If you are working with a publisher or publishing service, you will also have that option. indexes are usually not prepared until the text of your book is final and you know there will no changes to the page numbering.
This Portable Genealogist will outline the basic principles for genealogical indexing, including showing you how to index names and places; discussing how to create and format an index; and showing you how to use Microsoft Word to create an index.
