diff --git a/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_string_indices.csv b/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_string_indices.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9587f7c
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+++ b/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_string_indices.csv
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+1	11492995	127a5a98-26d0-5cce-b3f9-a518c0b3a9a4	German	Germany	DE
+1	18158208	198976e7-627d-5489-a642-b91a44721b1e	Eng	NZL	047
+1	11492995	1dc94ad6-6f0f-555d-bd96-99241e7066c7	Russian	Russia	RU
+1	18158208	219ef8ed-b275-5742-b1c6-9dc6a20869a0	Eng, mao	NZL	047
+1	18158662	50c46865-1efd-5224-89de-6f6fd3dfba28	Eng	USA	US
+1	11492995	65441ae1-e441-57eb-a010-8631e6d5324c	Mongolian	Mongolia	MN
+1	18158662	84edbfb0-4afd-5be8-8074-73bf7ec8bfbe	Chi	CHN	010
+1	11492995	8f757fed-35c4-5656-9c74-45f4626b874d	Russian	Russia	RU
+1	11492995	9b4b9655-1ac5-58c8-a481-0314ecbf88f4	Belorussian	Belarus	BY
+1	11492995	9eedc318-5d85-5f11-97bc-3b1d6f69176b	Russian	Russia	RU
+1	18158208	a14bb642-e222-5d5c-90ca-501b9ed6f271	Mao	NZL	047
+1	18158662	c8b480c2-e685-5bf4-ad19-c3aae29352b9	Ger	DEU	006
+1	11492995	db23921d-d986-57a5-bee9-d112eb21e96e	Russian	Russia	RU
+1	18158662	e74d89c1-937b-514a-85e3-a206a3e97af0	Ita	ITA	021
+1	11492995	eb1fbc70-a749-5f90-8445-b7775d542212	Armenian	Armenia	AM
+1	11492995	eee419a1-7615-5200-ba78-cfe627fbac51	Russian	Russia	RU
+1	18158662	fc45f46e-7915-533f-8e6b-97b7d2013b58	Eng	GBR	011
+1	562767	fcdf2267-c214-548f-8b58-05633c5648d2	Russian	Russia	RU
diff --git a/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_strings.csv b/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_strings.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..826e6b7
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+++ b/db-migration/db/seed/test_resolver/VernacularStringsSpec/vernacular_strings.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+8f757fed-35c4-5656-9c74-45f4626b874d	Goroshek Opushennyi
+9eedc318-5d85-5f11-97bc-3b1d6f69176b	Goroshek Sorno-Polevoi
+e74d89c1-937b-514a-85e3-a206a3e97af0	Abete di Likiang
+198976e7-627d-5489-a642-b91a44721b1e	Celery pine
+1dc94ad6-6f0f-555d-bd96-99241e7066c7	Goroshek Sornyi
+84edbfb0-4afd-5be8-8074-73bf7ec8bfbe	丽江云杉 (li jiang yun shan)
+fc45f46e-7915-533f-8e6b-97b7d2013b58	Likiang spruce
+eee419a1-7615-5200-ba78-cfe627fbac51	Goroshek Uzkolistnyi
+127a5a98-26d0-5cce-b3f9-a518c0b3a9a4	Schmalblattrige Wicke
+9b4b9655-1ac5-58c8-a481-0314ecbf88f4	Garoshak Vuzkalisty
+50c46865-1efd-5224-89de-6f6fd3dfba28	Lijiang spruce
+a14bb642-e222-5d5c-90ca-501b9ed6f271	tanekaha
+eb1fbc70-a749-5f90-8445-b7775d542212	Vik Nekhterev
+219ef8ed-b275-5742-b1c6-9dc6a20869a0	Mountain toatoa
+db23921d-d986-57a5-bee9-d112eb21e96e	Uzunyarpag Lerke
+65441ae1-e441-57eb-a010-8631e6d5324c	Nariin Nabchit Gish
+fcdf2267-c214-548f-8b58-05633c5648d2	blokha
+c8b480c2-e685-5bf4-ad19-c3aae29352b9	Likiang-Fichte
diff --git a/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringIndicesSpec.scala b/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringIndicesSpec.scala
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+++ b/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringIndicesSpec.scala
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+package org.globalnames
+package resolver
+package model
+
+import java.util.UUID
+
+import slick.driver.PostgresDriver.api._
+
+class VernacularStringIndicesSpec extends SpecConfig {
+  val conn = Database.forConfig("postgresql-test")
+  seed("test_resolver", "VernacularStringsSpec")
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    conn.close()
+  }
+
+  describe("VernacularStringIndices") {
+    val vernacularStringIndices = TableQuery[VernacularStringIndices]
+
+    it("contains several records") {
+      whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.size.result)) { res => res should be > 1 }
+    }
+
+    describe("#dataSourceId") {
+      it("returns a dataSourceId") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.dataSourceId }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res shouldBe an[Integer]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#taxonId") {
+      it("returns a taxonId") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.taxonId }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res shouldBe an[String]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#vernacularStringId") {
+      it("returns a vernacularStringId") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.vernacularStringId }.result.head)) {
+          res => res shouldBe an[UUID]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#language") {
+      it("returns a language") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.language }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res.value shouldBe a[String]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#locality") {
+      it("returns a locality") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.locality }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res.value shouldBe a[String]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#countryCode") {
+      it("returns a countryCode") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStringIndices.map { _.countryCode }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res.value shouldBe a[String]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringsSpec.scala b/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringsSpec.scala
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index 0000000..da4adfc
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+++ b/resolver/src/test/scala/org/globalnames/resolver/model/VernacularStringsSpec.scala
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+package org.globalnames
+package resolver
+package model
+
+import java.util.UUID
+
+import slick.driver.PostgresDriver.api._
+
+class VernacularStringsSpec extends SpecConfig {
+  val conn = Database.forConfig("postgresql-test")
+  seed("test_resolver", "VernacularStringsSpec")
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    conn.close()
+  }
+
+  describe("VernacularStrings") {
+    val vernacularStrings = TableQuery[VernacularStrings]
+
+    it("contains several records") {
+      whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStrings.size.result)) { res => res should be > 1 }
+    }
+
+    describe("#id") {
+      it("returns an id") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStrings.map { _.id }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res shouldBe an[UUID]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe("#name") {
+      it("returns a name") {
+        whenReady(conn.run(vernacularStrings.map { _.name }.result.head)) { res =>
+          res shouldBe an[String]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}