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# <span>'''''Double letters.''''' Search the index for the name with double letters added or deleted. For example, for the name FULLER, try FULER. For the name BAKER, try BAKKER.</span> | # <span>'''''Double letters.''''' Search the index for the name with double letters added or deleted. For example, for the name FULLER, try FULER. For the name BAKER, try BAKKER.</span> | ||
# <span>'''''Transposed Letters.''''' Look for the elusive name under spellings with each of the first four letters transposed. For example, look for WIGHT under IWGHT, WGIHT, WIHGT, AND WIGTH.</span> | # <span>'''''Transposed Letters.''''' Look for the elusive name under spellings with each of the first four letters transposed. For example, look for WIGHT under IWGHT, WGIHT, WIHGT, AND WIGTH.</span> | ||
# <span>'''''Misread letters.''''' Use the '' | # <span>'''''Misread letters.''''' Use the [[Spelling_Substitution_Tables_for_the_United_States_and_Canada|''Commonly Misread Letters Table'']] to find letters which were possibly substituted in the spelling of the name. Using this table, the name CARTER might be under GARTER, EARTER, OARTER, CEARTER, CEIRTER, CAETER, CASTER and so forth.</span> | ||
# <span>'''''Phonetic substitutes.''''' Use the [ | # <span>'''''Phonetic substitutes.''''' Use the [[Spelling_Substitution_Tables_for_the_United_States_and_Canada|''Phonetic Substitutes Table'']] to find ways the name may have been misspelled using letters which sound similar. Using the table, RADCLIFFE might be searched for under RHADCLIFFE, RATCLIFFE, RADDCLIFFE, RADKLIFFE, RADGLIFFE, RADCLIVE, or RADCLIPHE.</span> | ||
# <span>'''''First letter''''' in book indexes. Look at all the surnames that begin with the same letter as the name you seek. For example, if you cannot find the surname KELLY, scan all the surnames that begin with "K" for garbled or misplaced spellings of Kelly.</span> | # <span>'''''First letter''''' in book indexes. Look at all the surnames that begin with the same letter as the name you seek. For example, if you cannot find the surname KELLY, scan all the surnames that begin with "K" for garbled or misplaced spellings of Kelly.</span> | ||
# <span>'''''Relatives and neighbors.''''' Look for the names of parents, children, brothers or sisters, uncles, aunts, or neighbors in the index. If you find relatives or neighbors in the index, look at the original record to see if the ancestor you want is nearby in the record.</span> | # <span>'''''Relatives and neighbors.''''' Look for the names of parents, children, brothers or sisters, uncles, aunts, or neighbors in the index. If you find relatives or neighbors in the index, look at the original record to see if the ancestor you want is nearby in the record.</span> | ||