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[[How to Guess Where to Start|How to Guess Where to Start]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Guessing_a_Name_Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] <br> | [[How to Guess Where to Start|How to Guess Where to Start]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Guessing_a_Name_Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] <br> | ||
[[Image:Question Dice.jpg|thumb|right| | [[Image:Question Dice.jpg|thumb|right|]]Twenty ways to find an elusive name including using competing indexes, initials, abbreviations, middle names, nicknames, IGI standardized names, translations, letter substitutes, finding relatives, and searching the record without an index. <br><br> | ||
Just because an ancestor always spelled his name the same way, that does '''not ''''''guarantee''' it was always spelled that way by a clerk or by an indexer. If your first search fails to find an ancestor, consider the possibility the name is spelled differently than you expect. In fact, experienced genealogists worry their skills are slipping if they are not finding several documents with unexpected spellings of the name. <br> | Just because an ancestor always spelled his name the same way, that does '''not ''''''guarantee''' it was always spelled that way by a clerk or by an indexer. If your first search fails to find an ancestor, consider the possibility the name is spelled differently than you expect. In fact, experienced genealogists worry their skills are slipping if they are not finding several documents with unexpected spellings of the name. <br> | ||