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From: "John Brown" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Searching Ancestry
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:55:53 -0000
References: <000a01c4f99d$97f034e0$0600a8c0@activeservice.co.uk> <001a01c4f9a0$c8b78350$72e40050@userhat9ht714s> <008101c4f9a2$73fb3e40$c96b9fd4@DELIA>


"Delia Gleave" <d@deliagleave.f9.co.uk> wrote :

>If an "o-umlaut" or a "u-umlaut", then it might be written as "oe" or "ue".
>An "a-umlaut" would presumably be a simple "e". Just a thought.

Ityf that รค (a-umlaut) is usually represented as either 'a' or 'ae'.
Searching normal anglicised records is most unlikely to require use of the
umlaut, but it is wise to check the simple variants; if searching other
records, e.g. through Google, you should try using the umlaut as well.

John B
Leic., Eng

"Helpful Advice & urls for London Listers" at
http://londongenhelp.blogspot.com/

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