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Subject: [APG] Re: APG-D Digest V02 #173
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:26:15 EDT

In a message dated 08/17/2002 1:01:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


> On Ancestry.com, images for Mc names are indexed under M, whether or not
> there is a space in the name (i.e, McCarty or Mc Carty), if you select
> "Exact" spelling (Exact and Soundex are available under Advanced
> Search). But you will have to search for each spelling separately.
>
> If you search for just "Carty", you will get only Mc Carty (with a space),
> and Carty, if you select "Exact" spelling.
>
> If you select Soundex, results are unreliable. I will use McAteer as my
> example, as I've been working with that name. I found James A. Mc Ateer
> (with a space) in 1920, Cherokee County, Alabama, when I searched for the
> exact spelling (Mc Ateer with a space). When I did a Soundex Search for
> surname Mc Ateer (with a space) and again with McAteer (no space) in
> Alabama, keyword=Cherokee, I didn't get him, nor did I get him when I left
> the keyword out, or when I left Alabama out. So the Soundex search doesn't
>
> work.
>
> Further complicating things is the fact that Ancestry.com has two different
>
> census kinds of census indexes:
>
> 1. A single census year for the whole U.S. (e.g., "1860 United States
> Federal Census"). These have linked images. When you do a search, each
> entry shows "View Image Online."
>
> 2. Individual states with a range of years (e.g., "Delaware Census,
> 1790-1890"). You will not see "View Image Online," as these indexes do not
> have linked images. This doesn't mean there is no image on ancestry.com for
>
> that person's page; it only means that no image is linked to the index
> entry. You can still view the image by going to the list of images for the
>
> state, choose the county, etc., and with the ward or E.D. and page details,
>
> locate the person.
>
> You need to search both types of indexes, if your "Search Results" list of
> census databases shows both. Unfortunately, both indexes use the AIS
> indexes, which one website says has a 19% error rate. I had heard that it
> was closer to 30% error and omissions.
>
>

When searching for my own family I found Wm Arbuckle under Wm R. Buckle.
Susan Koelble, CGRS

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