1. a phonetic spelling (up to six characters) of a street name, used for address matching. Each of the 26 letters in the English alphabet are replaced with a letter in the soundex equivalent: Where possible, geocoding uses a soundex equivalent of street names for faster processing. During geocoding, initial candidate street names are found using soundex, then real names are compared and verified. 2. the procedure of encoding a string based on the soundex method developed by Margaret K. Odell and Robert C. Russell.
A phonetic system of surname spelling used in genealogy.
phoenetic indexing system.
a method of giving names sound codes. This was created in the 1930's due to the fact that names can be spelled in many different ways. By grouping together surnames that sound alike, individuals can search for ancestors even when the surname had several different spellings.
An index based on the phonics of a surname.
a card index system prepared by the Works Progress Administration for the federal censuses; names are arranged by letter and number codes according to the sounds of their consonants; thus, even if a name is misspelled or spelled in an unexpected way, it can often be located in the Soundex index
a coded surname index (using the first letter of the last name and three digits) based on the way a name sounds rather than the way it's spelled. Surnames that sound the same but are spelled differently – such as Smith, Smyth, and Schmidt -- have the same code and are filed together. This system was developed to make it easier to find a particular name even though it may have been spelled (or misspelled, as was more often the case) a variety of ways. Go to the Soundex help topic in the Census extras section for sites that will help you determine the Soundex of your families' surnames.
A phonetic spelling (up to six characters) of a street name, used for address matching. Each of the 26 letters in the English alphabet are replaced with a letter in the soundex equivalent: English: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Soundex: A B C D A B C H A C C L M M A B C R C D A B W C A C Where possible, geocoding uses a soundex equivalent of street names for faster processing. During geocoding, initial candidate street names are found using soundex, then real names are compared and verified. See also geocode.