Today in my indexing adventure, the thing that stood out most was unusual names.
As I was indexing rural Florida, and I live in rural Florida, I was not terribly surprised at the names, but all the same they are unusual, especially for city folk, more especially for those not living in the rural south.
Unusual women's names outstripped unusual men's names.
Here are today's unusual women's names: Charles (yup, that's what it said); Nondas; Milbra (though I wonder if that were a mishearing of "Melba")' Ovella; Avie; Selzma; Trellie; Delamier.
Unusual men's names: Grose (can you imagine the teasing of a boy had that name today?); Dorthan; Verda.
I checked my stats, and so far the arbitrators are 98% in agreement with me. My paleography training is showing.
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