Thanks, I did not know that one could use wild card on the OPC Data base. Thankfully the name EDMONDS is not to bad. The most unusual has been EDMENCE, and I can see how that came about. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara OConnor" <maurie777@ozemail.com.au> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Search Symbols used in Peter's e-mails re ODGERS > Peter is using % as a wild card - in his case, meaning O(any letter)G(any > letter)R. > > To search for Edmonds, for example, using edm%nd would bring up a couple > of > different spellings, such as Edmond/Edmund. If you entered edm%ond%, you > would get the variations already mentioned, and different endlings - > s/son/etc. > > At a time when a lot of people were not well versed in reading and > writing, > the spelling of the a name often depended on how the clerical person > thought > it should be spelt. > > Cheers > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2725 - Release Date: 03/05/10 19:34:00