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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	24 Aug 2007 14:43
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	There used to be a website, that if you entered a name it would show you the many ways it could be mistranscribed. Does anybody know it
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 2,865 Send Message	Chris in Sussex	Report	24 Aug 2007 15:08
	Lynda http://www.britishorigins.com/ Put the surname in the box and when you click and go to the next page click on the 'variants' (next to the surname) The variants come up in a new window. Chris
	Researching: Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Lynda Carol	Report	24 Aug 2007 16:17
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,287 Send Message	Sorry for the late reply, pc playing up. Many thanks