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    Going back from 1851 would the name Henderson be spelt differently

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    Caz ............

    any name could be spelled differently!

    Most people were illiterate, and how a name was written down depended on how it was heard .......... try to imagine someone who spoke broad Yorkshire trying to understand someone from Devon!
    My grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)

    Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.

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    • #3
      The searches on a lot of sites are quite good with offering alternatives to give you a few ideas, check boxes that give you options of sound like/similar etc could be Anderson immediately springs to mind and ending in 'ton' rather than 'son'
      Carolyn
      Family Tree site

      Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
      Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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      • #4
        What sites give you alternative names and yes a Scottish accent might be hard to understand in Lancashire

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        • #5
          A few that I can think of:
          freereg has the "name soundex" option at the bottom of the page
          freebmd has phonetic surnames
          GRO has Phonetically and similar sounding
          FMP has include name variants
          Ancestry has 'broad'
          Carolyn
          Family Tree site

          Researching: Luggs, Freeman - Cornwall; Dayman, Hobbs, Heard - Devon; Wilson, Miles - Northants; Brett, Everett, Clark, Allum - Herts/Essex
          Also interested in Proctor, Woodruff

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          • #6
            Lan-opc and Lancsbmd also give intelligent alternatives and you can search by first name only on some sites which is a last resort!

            OC

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            • #7
              Thanks all

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