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Have you ever failed to find a surname in an online database search? Or have you been frustrated at having to undertake multiple searches to find surname variants, and have wondered why such obvious variants are not “grouped” together? Or perhaps you’ve wondered if you’ve missed entries because you don’t understand how these search engines do in fact “group” surnames. Surnames are like the other half of the DNA double helix. It’s all very well if we discover a DNA connection, but if we can’t link the two families together because we can’t find the relevant entries for our ancestors, much of our time and money is wasted. This webinar explains how online databases approach surname spellings, allowing us to maximise our use of their powerful search engines.
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This webinar was really interesting and informative! Thank you!
Great webinar. Very interesting
Another excellent webinar. Worth listening to
Awesome and fascinating detailed talk.
Carol's enthusiasm in presenting the complex challenges of applying soundex tools to locating surnames is a delight to all wordsmiths. She provided carefully prepared charts to demonstrate common variations of consonant and vowel combinations. Close attention to the study of surnames will help us to find our ancestors with more ease and yield satisfaction of success from applying soundex techniques.
Really fascinating...Carol did an excellent job all around, but consistently reminded us how the particular coding and transcription issues impact our results. I shudder to think what I have missed over these years of research! But, no more!
Such great information clearly presented and explained. Very thought provoking!
Excellent. Example of d/t: The Tongan language does not contain the letter d. They substitute the letter t for the English letter d. Thus, the English name David becomes Tevita in the Tongan language.