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Surname variations
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Jay | Report | 24 Nov 2008 19:57 |
Is there a site giving possible surname variations which would help when searching? |
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Alan | Report | 24 Nov 2008 20:06 |
I cant answer your question but if you post the name, I'm sure members of this site will provide many options. |
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Jay | Report | 24 Nov 2008 20:22 |
Thanks Alan. |
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Cynthia | Report | 24 Nov 2008 20:28 |
Hi Jay, if you type Game into the quick search box above, look at the bottom left hand side of the page - it gives variants. Hope this helps. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 24 Nov 2008 20:49 |
You can also do this on Familysearch site. There is a way of coming up with a list of possible variants: |
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Researching: |
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Jay | Report | 24 Nov 2008 21:00 |
Great ideas - thanks for the suggestions. I`ll be able to be more inventive when I`m using search boxes now. |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 24 Nov 2008 21:22 |
If you google soundex it will bring up the soundex alphabet on wikipedia. I've found it useful in the past. |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 24 Nov 2008 21:24 |
Don't forget a curly G could be mistaken for an S when being transcribed. |
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mgnv | Report | 25 Nov 2008 09:53 |
Soundex assumes the first letter is correct. If you search for a surname in the Canadian Census at: |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 25 Nov 2008 18:03 |
I have had better luck searching the word shape rather than soundex sometimes. |