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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''''Number'''''<br> | | valign="middle" align="center" | '''''Number'''''<br> | ||
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| '''''Represents the Letters<br>''''' | | '''''Represents the Letters<br>''''' | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 1<br> | ||
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| b, f, p, v <br> | | b, f, p, v <br> | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 2<br> | ||
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| c, g, j, k, q, s, x, z<br> | | c, g, j, k, q, s, x, z<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 3<br> | ||
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| d, t<br> | | d, t<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 4<br> | ||
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| l<br> | | l<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 5<br> | ||
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| m, n<br> | | m, n<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" align=" | | valign="middle" align="right" | 6<br> | ||
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== '''More Soundex Examples'''<sup>3</sup> == | == '''More Soundex Examples'''<sup>3</sup> == | ||
Allricht A462 Kavanagh K152 McGee M200 Schafer S160 Eberhard E166 Lind L530 O’Brien O165 Shaeffer S160 Heimbach H512 Lukaschowsky L222 Oppenheimer O155 Zita Z300 Hanselmann H524 McDonnell M235 Riedemanas R355 Zitzmeinn Z325 | Allricht A462 Kavanagh K152 McGee M200 Schafer S160 Eberhard E166 Lind L530 O’Brien O165 Shaeffer S160 Heimbach H512 Lukaschowsky L222 Oppenheimer O155 Zita Z300 Hanselmann H524 McDonnell M235 Riedemanas R355 Zitzmeinn Z325 | ||
== '''Limitations and How to Overcome Them''' == | == '''Limitations and How to Overcome Them''' == | ||
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'''Unrelated names may be grouped together.''' Sometimes names that do not appear to be related show up together on a Soundex index. Ignore clearly unrelated names. For example, if you were looking for '''Wilkins''', you may also find under the same Soundex code, W425, the name '''Walakynowski'''. | '''Unrelated names may be grouped together.''' Sometimes names that do not appear to be related show up together on a Soundex index. Ignore clearly unrelated names. For example, if you were looking for '''Wilkins''', you may also find under the same Soundex code, W425, the name '''Walakynowski'''. | ||
'''Related names may not be grouped together.''' Sometimes names that are obviously related do not come together in the same Soundex index group. For example, '''Clausen''' is under C425 and '''Klausen''' under K425. If you cannot find a name you seek in a Soundex index, there are 20 alternative ideas in the Wiki article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Guessing_a_Name_Variation Guessing a Name Variation] to help find elusive names in indexes. | '''Related names may not be grouped together.''' Sometimes names that are obviously related do not come together in the same Soundex index group. For example, '''Clausen''' is under C425 and '''Klausen''' under K425. If you cannot find a name you seek in a Soundex index, there are 20 alternative ideas in the Wiki article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Guessing_a_Name_Variation Guessing a Name Variation] to help find elusive names in indexes. | ||
= '''Census Soundex Cards Show Limited Data''' = | = '''Census Soundex Cards Show Limited Data''' = | ||