This tip is from John Grenham, the dean of Irish genealogy, at a conference I attended. When searching a name, leave out all the vowels. So Connell would be c*n*l. Kelly/Kelley would be k*l*y. Murphy would be m*r*y. Will you get too many hits? Yes, but in the crowd you will find people you have not been able to find any other way. I have had amazing luck this way. You might like to give it a try. Virginia
Great idea, Val, thanks for sharing. This tip is from John Grenham, the dean of Irish genealogy, at a conference > I attended. > When searching a name, leave out all the vowels. > So Connell would be c*n*l. Kelly/Kelley would be k*l*y. Murphy would be > m*r*y. > Will you get too many hits? Yes, but in the crowd you will find people > you have not been able to find any other way. I have had amazing luck this > way. You might like to give it a try. > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com nymets22@gmail.com
Let's not get carried away with title, V. That's just another way to wildcard search, but not successful with names that include many loops when written in script. BTW Ancestry accepts wildcard searching. Barb -----Original Message----- From: VLB via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: IRISH NY <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 5:09 pm Subject: [NY-IRISH] Searching names--a great tip This tip is from John Grenham, the dean of Irish genealogy, at a conference I attended. When searching a name, leave out all the vowels.So Connell would be c*n*l. Kelly/Kelley would be k*l*y. Murphy would be m*r*y. Will you get too many hits? Yes, but in the crowd you will find people you have not been able to find any other way. I have had amazing luck this way. You might like to give it a try.Virginia ====NY-Irish Mailing List====Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message