Regimental Number:	Hints EXACT Reg No Partial Reg No Starts with Ends with
Last name	EXACT Last Name Partial Last Name Soundex Starts with Ends with
First name	Partial First Name Soundex Starts with Ends with
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Hints for searching

Note: The first search is slow as sin, the subsequent ones are pretty darn quick

The keyword search will try to find a match using the following fields

• Regimental Number
• First name
• Last Name

Selecting the Search Type of "Exact" will find records that exactly match the criteria

Selecting the Search Type of "Partial" will find records that exactly match the criteria

Selecting the Search Type of "Starts With " will find records that contain the entered value

Selecting the Search Type of "Ends With " will find records that start with any value and end with the entered value

Selecting the Search Type of "Soundex" will find records that exactly match the Soundex value

Order By Unit or Name (default) will sort the records output

Records per page will restrict the number of returned records on any single page.

Soundex:

Soundex is a phonetic index used by Genealogists. It was originally developed by the U.S. Government in 1930 to help the social security Administration (and subsequently researchers) find common misspellings in the Census information. It was originally applied to the 1880 Census. Its key feature is that it codes name based on the way it sounds rather than on how it is spelled. For example, surnames that sound the same but are spelled differently, like Smith and Smyth, have the same code. The intent was to help researchers find a surname quickly even though it may have received different spellings. It isn't perfect, for example Cook might be spelled Koch, or Faust as Phaust and these won't be linked because the first letter is different. Also, Leroux would return L'Heroux, but not LeRue. It is a big help if the name is close, but not exact, and it works best with European names. Sometimes the results are very strange, for example "Wight" returns "West" as an alternative.

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