alternate spelling

[kylejustin]

can anyone think of an alternate spelling for conway?

im trying to find james, but literally know nothing of him, other than he was supposedly a butler in 1871.

any name variations would be great

thanks

[Elaine ..Spain]

You say you know nothing else about him - you must know something or why would you be looking for him!

married to??
place of birth??
what county or part of UK??

... anything ... something!

[KiteRunner]

There are a few other threads about this, Elaine, I'll just see if I can find them...

[KiteRunner]

http://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...ys-london.html
http://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...es-conway.html
http://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...hanover-2.html


It seems that he could be in a "missing" area on at least one census, though.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Thanks Kite.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Sorry Kyle - not sure I can add anything to what has already been done.

[kylejustin]

i thought so. i was hoping a mistranscription could have found something.

and sorry to put you through this yet again, kite. ill resign my boxing gloves on this branch for a while.

[Hugo]

What about searching on ?onway?

If he was a Butler perhaps the master of the house only knew him as David or Sam or whatever? Or even called all his butlers 'Jankins'?

Hugo

[Christine in Herts]

What about searching on ?onway?

If he was a Butler perhaps the master of the house only knew him as David or Sam or whatever? Or even called all his butlers 'Jankins'?

Hugo

The ability to search on strings which don't necessarily constitute the beginning of a name is a wish-for on Ancestry. You have to have at least three characters before a wildcard - and none can be a space!

Christine

[JBee]

How about Conroy?

[Christine in Herts]

If you're using Ancestry, you could try:
Con*
Con*y
Cor*y
Com*y

to try to pick up mistranscriptions.

Christine