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From: Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk <>
Subject: Re: [GENEALOGY-LOOKUP] Census look up please
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:12:42 -0800
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Hi Susan,

Good for you!! There are so many different tricks to use as James Curran
suggested in his email. Once you experiment with these tips (plus a few of
your own that you will pick up a long the way) you won't need Ancestry's
best matches :-))

All all means, feel free to "call" anytime you need an extra pair of eyes.

Happy New Year

Darlene
BC Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick and Susan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [GENEALOGY-LOOKUP] Census look up please


> Good Morning,
>
> I tried your idea.
> Cora Ellen Moore
> Cor* Moo*
> I got a Coryelle Carr in the right town!
> I got up the image & it was the Cora I have been searching for. Woo-hoo!
> For some reason I thought the new yellow ancestry best matches did that
for us, but I guess not?
> If you don't mind, I will keep you in my census file for when I get stuck
again?
> Thanks so much,
> Susan
> Virginia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [GENEALOGY-LOOKUP] Census look up please
>
>
> Hi Susan,
>
> When I can't find a person in the census I use "wildcards" a lot. With
> Ancestry, you have to put in at least the first three letters. In your
case
> I would have keyed in Char* for the first name and Car* for the last
name.
> Char* would bring up Charles, Charlie, Charley etc. and Car* brought up
Car,
> Carr etc.
>
> There are a lot of different tips you can use. Sometimes I will search
> using just the first name, age and place of birth. This is useful when
the
> first 3 letters of the surname has been misspelled.
>
> Let me know if you can't find anyone and I will see if I can help
> out......the more eyes the better :-))
>
> Kind regards
> Darlene
> BC Canada
>
>
>
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