Add Name Anchors Utility #1

Purpose

The rules used to determine which "words" are "surnames" are:

• A word is defined as a series of characters separated by by spaces or punctuation.

• The word must contain only the following characters: A thru Z, _, -, and those listed on this page.

• The letters must all be capitals.

• There must be more than 2 of the above letters.

Examples of words that would be considered surnames:

• BROWN
• O'LEARY
• BROWN-SMITH
• BÔHN
• USGENWEB

Examples of words that would NOT be considered surnames:

• Brown
• McVicker
• <TITLE>
• BôHN
• USGenWeb

How to use this page

1. Enter the URL of the page to be indexed:
   

2. Select the post type of the page being indexed. Post type:
   Not specified Bible Record Bible Record Index Biography Biography Index Birth Record Birth Record Index Cemetery Record Cemetery Record Index Census Census Index Church Record Church Record Index Court Record Court Record Index Death Record Death Record Index Directory (eg City) Directory (eg City) Index First Families First Families Index Gazetteer Gazetteer Index Genealogy Genealogy Index History History Index Land Record Land Record Index Marriage Record Marriage Record Index Map Map Index Migration Record Migration Record Index Military Record Military Record Index Naturalization or Citizenship Record Naturalization or Citizenship Record Index Newspaper Newspaper Index Obituary Obituary Index Pension Record Pension Record Index Query Surname Registration Tax List Tax List Index Vital Record Vital Record Index Vital Record Index Will Will Index

3. Enter the starting number for the name anchor tag names:
   Use this field if you are running any of the add anchor utilities more than once against the same URL. Enter one more than the last tag added by the previous utility.

4. Press "Submit" when you have entered the above.

5. After you press "Submit", you will get a page with name anchor tags added to the surnames. Use your browser's "Save As" option to save the results as an HTML page.

WARNING: HTML editors like Composer and PageMill have been known to "scramble" the name anchor tags. (The </A> tag gets moved from after the surname where it belongs to before the surname.) I recommend that you use a plain text editor (such as WordPad) to edit any files containing Surname Helper name anchor tags. When in doubt, copy the file first and check it after you edit it.