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Subject: RE: GRO page connection all wrong for GORDON 1841 deaths
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:01:04 +0000
References: <PAEHIEACCGDLBHKKBJLHMEEPJKAA.brian.smart@blueyonder.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <PAEHIEACCGDLBHKKBJLHMEEPJKAA.brian.smart@blueyonder.co.uk>


Quoting Brian Smart <>:

> Hello Barrie,
> Surely all you have to do is decide which of the options the current system
> finds is the right one. I use a look up table. If you did the same you would
> know which one is correct as the surname being searched is available from
> the search criteria.

That is exactly what the offsets table does, where required.

It only comes into play where there is potential ambiguity in one or both
sides.

With more modern scans, where we avoid ranges such as E-V in file naming,
there is never any ambiguity.

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