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==Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers==
 
==Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers==
  
*[[Victorian Registrars and The GRO]]
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*[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
  
*[http://www.billgreenwell.com/lost_lives/index.php?key_id=569 Lost Lives: Individuals in The Census of Sunday April 3rd, 1881]  
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*[http://www.billgreenwell.com/lost_lives/index.php?key_id=569 Lost Lives: individuals in the census of Sunday April 3rd, 1881]  
  
 
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/writing.html Techniques for Reading Difficult Writing in a Census]
 
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/writing.html Techniques for Reading Difficult Writing in a Census]
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==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names==
 
==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names==
 
  
 
*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]  
 
*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]  
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*[[Naming Patterns]]  
 
*[[Naming Patterns]]  
  
*[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
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*[[Latin Names]]
  
  
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*[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
 
*[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
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'''Forenames'''
 
'''Forenames'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
 
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
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'''Surnames'''
 
'''Surnames'''
  
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*[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicised and Gaelic versions]
  
 
*[http://www.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities]
 
*[http://www.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities]
  
*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
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*[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Search for a Surname]
  
*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
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*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
  
 
*[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]  
 
*[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]  
  
*[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicesed and Gaelic versions]
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*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
 
 
*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm Basic info on the structure of Polish names]
 
 
 
*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
 
 
 
 
 
  
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*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
  
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*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names]
 
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