Subj : [PENN] Soundex Calculator
To   : ALL
From : MICHELLE A. DAY
Date : Sun Jun 25 2000 02:51 am

This is from Eastman's Newsletter and thought it may be useful to some
of you.  It is downloadable from the authors web site.

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is
re-published here with the permission of the author.

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 - Soundex Calculator for Windows and Macintosh

Dave Fessler has released a new Soundex Generator program. It is
available in three different versions: MacOS for PowerPC, MacOS
for 68K, and Windows 95/98/NT. I used the program briefly this
week and found it easy to use.

For anyone not familiar with the Soundex system, it is a method of
grouping surnames together that sound similar but are spelled
differently. In the Federal Soundex Systems, each surname is
assigned a code that consists of the first letter of the name. The
next three consonants are assigned a number. Vowels are ignored.
Soundex has been used to index the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920
United States censuses and some other types of records, such as
naturalization records and passenger lists. If you know the
Soundex Code for your ancestor's surname, you increase the chances
of finding him or her in the census indexes. Many genealogy
programs also use Soundex to group names together.

Dave Fessler's new Soundex Calculator computes three types of
Soundex Codes: Federal (as used with the U. S. Census), alternate
Federal (alternate coding when H or W is present), and Daitch-
Mokotoff. Soundexes may be computed for individual names (typed
in) or lists of names (contained in files).

Soundex Calculator is available in three versions: MacOS for
PowerPC, MacOS for 68K, and Windows 95.  All three versions are
offered as Shareware. If you like the program you should send
$25.00 to the author. Full instructions are included within the
program itself.

Soundex Calculator can be downloaded from:
http://home.att.net/~dfessler
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