Sometimes it is a wonder anything gets indexed correctly.
Things are easier to read when you know what they are. When I “see” it the first name of the Civil War veteran listed on this coversheet to his pension file is easy to read. But if I were reading it cold. In this case, even the last name of Newman could be transcribed incorrectly.
When you are using a “typed-up” index always keep in mind what the typer-upper might have been seeing.
And if the typer-upper is a really “quicker typer upper,” the chance of an error is even greater.
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David A. Newman? The As look like Os. When I knew that the surname was Newman, it became easier to decipher.
Looks like “New mom” to me!