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0;b The data you entered, "+d.getElementById("strQry").value+" "+d.getElementById("strQry2").value+", is not in this database. Click here for a list of other sites with SA cemetery memorial inscriptions or burial registers. From the drop-down list, select the type of search you require. Person allows you to search all of the burials in the cemeteries listed at the top of this page only for a particular person. Location allows you to search for location details and, in some cases, brief historical notes about any South Australian cemetery. Links to burial data and headstone photographs are sometimes included. At least 2 allowed characters must be entered into the surname box before a search can proceed. The default (and generally most satisfactory) method of searching for a name is the wildcards method. Select [Wildcards] by clicking it, if necessary. Then enter into the surname box, sufficient letters to define the name to be found. Optionally, enter a given name. Click the [ Go ] button or press the [Enter] key to begin the search. if the name you wish to find is not in the database, take into account possible spelling variations, as the people and the officials recording their information were often illiterate or semiliterate. If you only wish to find surnames with exactly the same spelling as you have entered, select [Exact] by clicking it, if necessary. Note, however, that the database contains spelling variants separated by slashes for some names. With exact matching, only the first variant is compared with your entered text. Also, no comparison is made with any maiden name. In these cases, the method may not be satisfactory. if required, one * wildcard can be added anywhere within the surname to replace zero or more unknown or doubtful characters, or one ? wildcard to replace exactly one unknown or doubtful character. Exact matching of given names is not available. Any entered given name will be matched by the wildcards method. However, if only the 1st given name initial is entered, an exact match will be sought. If the above techniques fail, as a last resort you may wish to try the sound method of matching. This will allow you to find more variations of spelling and also take into account the pronunciation of the surname. for example, searching on the name smith will find any of the names smith, smyth, smythe and schmidt. The method used here is a heavily modified version of Soundex code matching which doesn't require the 1st letter of the name to be known and takes into account such pronunciation variations as dropped h's and g's. You must be prepared to scan the results and reject those which are poor matches. for some shorter names, ones with mainly vowels, and names containing spaces, all the results may be unsatisfactory. |