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From: Ray Hennessy <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Free cen
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:00:58 +0100
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One further point about FreeCEN is that
Forename searching uses automatic truncation
[so "Ann" alsos find "Anne", "Annie" etc]
whereas the Surname doesn't assume truncation
[so "John" will not find "Johnson"].

For the surname you have to use the terminal asterisk
["John*" finds "Johnson"].
To find spelling variants of the surname, tick the box
marked "Phonetic search on Surname".

E.g. Our Alexander SHIRRAN appeared to be missing.
A SHIRRAN didn't find him but the phonetic search on it
found Alexander SHERRAN, plus wife Ann & daughter Ann.

The thing is to keep trying different routes. If you
happen to know the Occupation, as Janet did, this can
be a great help for focussing the search results.

FreeCEN used to limit the search time for a vague query
but they doubled the number of search engines about
two years ago so this doesn't happen so often now.

--
Best wishes

Ray

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