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csziggy

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12. Ancestry has a Soundex - indexing by how name sound as well as spelling variations

Reply to Galileo126 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:14 PM

Jun 2014

Another way to search would be to try to contact people still living in the Azores. It's amazing how well small communities retain local history, even the stories of people who left generations ago. A lot of communities have web sites to promote their history.

In the 1980s my sister visited the village in Wales my great grandfather left in 1872. The postmistress recognized his name, knew the family, and gave her leads to find descendants of his siblings. Unfortunately all my sister's notes were lost after she died and her husband threw out most of her genealogy research.

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A Painting Hangs Over My Life [View all] cali May 2014 OP

Wow Galileo126 May 2014 #1

thank you so much. Writing has kind of been my "dirty" little secret for decades cali May 2014 #2

Sadly, there isn't much point Galileo126 May 2014 #3

I think the census bureau has some kind of a soundex SheilaT May 2014 #4

Ancestry has a Soundex - indexing by how name sound as well as spelling variations csziggy Jun 2014 #12

Many of my own ancestors are "lost" and untraceable... hunter May 2014 #8

pauline and fanny neustatter konrad May 2014 #5

I have never heard of another portrait and cali May 2014 #6

I responded to your private message cali May 2014 #7

It's amazing the rich family histories people have Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #9

My father's family, originally from Denmark, homesteaded in South Dakota Jackpine Radical Jun 2014 #10

Amazing. Thank you for sharing! derby378 Jun 2014 #11

Beautiful! McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #13

Thank you so much, McCamy cali Jun 2014 #14

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