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silent final e is ignored: There are some anomalies,
eg AIRE, but generally, if a surname exists with a variant which has an e
on the end (such as COOKE), try dropping the e (enter COOK), eg. enter
CLARK instead of CLARKE and GREEN instead of GREENE etc.
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double letters as single: eg WILSON will appear but not
WILLSON. This may be confusing, since BENNETT and KELLETT do appear. Try the
alternatives, if you don't find a spelling where there is a double consonant,
try using a single.
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x sometimes replaces cks: eg. HIX not HICKS,
COXON not COCKSON. But BRACKS, BROCKSHAW, BRUCKS, JACKSLEY, JACKSON, STOCKS are
all present. Try both alternatives if you don't find the person you were
looking for.
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ch sometimes replaces tch: eg HUCHINSON for
HUTCHINSON, but BUTCHER, CATCHER appear. If you don't find a surname containing
tch, try dropping the t.
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i and y: Where a name containing i has
a variant with y, eg. Bird and Byrd, y is used at the end of
the name and i in the middle: eg GILES not GYLES, SMITH not SMYTH.
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last syllable: Names of more than one syllable are treated
with some freedom:
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an, en, in, on, un
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ar, er, or
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field, field, feld
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bourn, born, burn
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wood, wode, ward
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bridge, brig
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ey, ye, y, ie
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el, al, ell, all, ale, le
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ford, forth
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son, sonn, sone, sonne, etc
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