OCR Can Make Names Where None Exist

Just a quick reminder about the limitations of OCR technology when using computer-generated indexes.

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Full or Everyname Index?

We've mentioned it before, but we will again--with the thought that if I occasionally forget, someone else might too.

Always determine (if possible) if the index or finding aid to a series of records is an every name index, an index to principal people involved, or something in between.

Your search methodology depends upon it.

1914-1918 Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Records

From a website of the International Committee of the Red Cross:

"The belligerent countries sent lists of prisoners of various nationalities to the ICRC. Then it set up alphabetical indexes"

Search the index here.