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Whilst checking out Geoffrey's missed ancestor in our database in 1665 I made this observation which many of you will have sorted out for yourselves but here goes.
Many of the names were abbreviated whether they were in Latin or English and I found the most accurate way of finding them was by putting in the first three letters of their first name with a Wildcard next. The Surname stays the same.
e.g. William Ashforth
is in the database as Will'm Ashforth.
I used: Will* Ashforth.
The Latin ending of names were missed by many
so by using the Wildcard(*) it will pick those up.
Easier than trying to think how the Vicar could have possibly spelt the name.
Have fun.
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And don't forget William can sometimes start with Gui, so I'd try Gui* too for early entries.
I hope Elaine's not suggesting the clergy's spelling is ever less than perfect!
Geoffrey
