1. The Linkage of Historical Records by Man and Computer: Techniques and Problems
2. For this purpose, we had a computer print-out of all names (first and last),exactlyas they appeared on the original records
3. Any project relying on more than one person to transcribe the records and/or using large data sets should follow the same literal procedure; otherwise, each research assistant is likely to standardize names in a different way. It is preferable to transcribe literally, even though such a procedure creates a huge number of first names and surnames