Converts English alphabet only

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Soundex was established by the National Archives to index the U.S.censuses.
It codes together surnames that sound similar but have different spellings.

• Enter surname ignoring spaces and apostrophes
  
• Click on submit button
  
• Soundex code will appear.

SURNAME

SOUNDEX

• Soundex codes begin with the first letter of the surname followed by a three-digit code that represents the first three remaining consonants.
  

• Soundex Coding Guide
  1 - B,P,F,V
  2 - C,S,G,J,K,Q,X,Z
  3 - D,T
  4 - L
  5 - M,N
  6 - R
  

• The letters A,E,I,O,U,Y,H, and W are not coded.
  

• Surname prefixes are generally not used in the soundex

SOUNDEX Code Generator in Java Script
by Stephen Heise
mail to: heise@alumni.caltech.edu
Copyright January 15, 1996
Version 1.0

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