Many genealogical sites offer this sort of solution for people
search. Because literacy rates were not high in the western world
until the 20th century, spelling of names in public records was often
approximate at best, and so this is a necessary feature for people
trying to find records of their ancestors.
You might start by looking at ancestry.com, perhaps the largest and
most global of genealogy sites?
On Apr 9, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Steve Baty wrote:
Vincent,
Both options have plenty to recommend them. The one thing Google
lacks which
I think is particularly useful when searching for people is a phonetic
matching algorithm. This can help overcome issues with names like
Louise,
Louisa, Louissa, etc; when looking for a person who's name you've only
heard.
So I'd be looking for a solution that tackles that aspect of the
problem.
Joan Vermette
email: [email protected]
primary phone: 617-495-0184
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