An index is an alphabetical list of names, typically found at the end of a book. The book is usually chronological. So the index usually lists the content by name. Or at least now-a-days, in America.
I don't know in what parish you are looking. If you are on FamilySearch or Ancestry.com, they don't have parishes, but they have state birth, marriages, and deaths. They have first and last name fields. You just fill them in. If you are talking about the Azores, my answer is the same as before: Some are chronological by date, some are by name, generally first. The headers at the top of the page tell you (like the guide words in a dictionary). But I don't know which index you are looking at, so I can't be sure. You only responded with Nossa Senhora do Rosario and no link. I don't believe there would be a John Mello in those indices, as John is an Anglicization. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:14 AM, pjm47 <pj...@comcast.net> wrote: > Let me redo my question, what is the purpose behind indexing ? in some of > the parishes but not all.If i am looking for a John Mello how would going > to indexing help me in finding him or does it. > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 4:05:37 PM UTC-5, pjm47 wrote: > >> Can anyone here please explain how do you use the indices to find someone >> in the records. Do you look for the first or last name. >> >> Thank you Paul >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
