how do I search for a hyphenated name?

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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 38 Send Message	Cali	Report	26 Mar 2004 17:48
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 38 Send Message	My Father is Hallam-Clarke, as was his father, but both are shown as Clarke with Hallam as their middle names on 1837 online. Generally it seems that hyphenated names aren't entered as such so as mentioned you need to be much more flexible with your search
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Jackie	Report	26 Mar 2004 17:33
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	i am having the same problem. The name I am searching is Shaw-Hulme, Shawhulme, Shaw Hulme, even S Hulme i am really struggling it seems that some of the family have Shaw as a middle name and others have it combined into the surname. Their are five brothers and sisters all with different names. theri father was Elias Shaw Hulme but I can't find his birth cert at all. Jackie
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 140 Send Message	Jenny	Report	26 Mar 2004 16:09
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 140 Send Message	How do I search for a hyphenated name on ancestry or BMD? It only seems to give me results for the first part of the name.