Soundex Coding Guide
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* No number assigned to first letter of Surname
* Letters a , e, i, o, u,
y ,w and h are NOT coded
* Only 3 digits used
Example of
adding zero at ending Kuhne - K500
Ebell - E140
When 2 key letters or equivalents
appear together, or one key letter immediately follows or precedes an equivalent
the 2 are coded as one letter by a single number (examples: Kelly - K400 , Buerck
- B620, Lloyd- L300 ,. Schaefer - S160)