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From: "Jean Dalrymple" <>
Subject: [OHADAMS-L] FW: [CENSUS-CHAT-L] UNKNOWN SOUNDEX RULE
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:41:47 -0700

Hello all... this was on one of the lists I am on so thought that I would
pass it on...... Jeannie <><

Today, I read an interesting article about an unknown soundex rule that may
effect about 1% of population. It is: "that if two or more equivalent key
letters appear separated by an h or w, the two or more letters are
encoded as one letter, i.e., by a single number."
Example: Ashcroft correctly encoded is A261, NOT A226 produced "by Soundex
rules which omit the unknown rule."
Another example given was for the surname SCHKLAR...Correct Soundex code is
S460, not S246....last example: ACHZEHNER is A256 not A225.
According to the article, even the NARA Soundex machine does not use this
rule...Just thought I would pass this along for others like me who never
have
heard or read about this Soundex rule.

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