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===Phonetic substitutes.===
===Phonetic substitutes.===
Use the [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|''Phonetic Substitutes Table'']]<ref>Originally published in G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists," in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=719674&disp=Printed+sources%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records''] (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 331. Here by express permission of the author.</ref> 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.
Use the [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada#Phonetic Substitutes Table|''Phonetic Substitutes Table'']]<ref>Originally published in G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists," in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=719674&disp=Printed+sources%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records''] (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 331. Here by express permission of the author.</ref> 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.


===First letter===
===First letter===
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