I is for Indexes and the Internet
I is for Indexes and the Internet Index from J E Theriot on Flickr Creative Commons licence is here. What would we do without indexes? And God bless the folk that create them. I confess to getting a bit cranky these days if I borrow a non-fiction book and it doesn't have an index - what were they thinking? Of course, indexes are not just in the back of books. Researchers can find them in libraries and archives. They might be created by archivists and librarians or volunteers like the members of QFHS and wonderful individuals like Judy Webster. They are fantastic tools or finding aids that help you navigate a sea of information. I am a bit chuffed because today I received my very own copy of Brian Papardallo's Tracing Your Naval Ancestors. It contains many tables showing what records exist in The National Archives and if personal name indexes exist for them. Now, if only I could get to them thar Archives! ...