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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Census Genealogy Soundex Code
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Census Genealogy Soundex Code
The Soundex system is the means established by the National Archives to index the U.S. censuses
(beginning with 1880). It codes together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant
spellings. Soundexes are arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and given name
See Problem Box for sample pages and forms.
Http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/soundex.sh
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