Yvonne Bennett <yvonne@monmouth.com> wrote: >How do some of you deal with multiple spellings of the same surname? I >have one name "Covenhoven" spelled Van Covenhoven, Van Couvenhoven, >Couwenhoven, Kovenhoven, Kouvenhoven, etc. and finally Conover. You might consider entering the surnames in the form 'oldway/finalway'. For example: Covenhoven/Conover Van Couvenhoven/Conover Kovenhoven/Conover etc. Then a search for a surname containing "Conover" would eventually take you through all the various spellings of the name. Or you could reverse the form to 'finalway/oldway' and then have all the variations sorted together in the find list. Also, don't forget that the FO search can search on "soundex" by choosing the "sounds like" criteria. That will work well on some spelling variations but not too well on the particular ones above. Wayne League

The way I have handled it so that all of the people with the surname come up in the alphabetical listing is: Kersey/Kiersey Kersey/Kirksey Kersey/Coursey ete, etc. Joyce Kersey Karr joycekersey@hotmail.com > >How do some of you deal with multiple spellings of the same surname? I > >have one name "Covenhoven" spelled Van Covenhoven, Van Couvenhoven, > >Couwenhoven, Kovenhoven, Kouvenhoven, etc. and finally Conover. > > You might consider entering the surnames in the form > 'oldway/finalway'. > For example: > Covenhoven/Conover > Van Couvenhoven/Conover > Kovenhoven/Conover > etc.