I agree -- names were spelled incorrectly and many times phonetically by many of the census takers and other officials in the early years -- mostly because those giving the information were illiterate or spoke with a heavy accent. My husband's surname is Tejeda - I found it a census in the early 1900s listed as Takata. The namethesaurus website is a great resource for researchers -- thanks for sharing.

I am less than impressed. When I tried the system out on my ggf's surname, Slowey, Namex and Metaphone totally missed the major variation of the name, Sloey. [email protected] wrote: >I agree -- names were spelled incorrectly and many times phonetically by >many of the census takers and other officials in the early years -- mostly >because those giving the information were illiterate or spoke with a heavy accent. > My husband's surname is Tejeda - I found it a census in the early 1900s >listed as Takata. The namethesaurus website is a great resource for researchers >-- thanks for sharing. > >====Irish American Mailing List===== >Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >