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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #45 on: Friday 01 October 10 18:30 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Old Bristolian on Friday 01 October 10 11:47 BST (UK)
STREET is the most difficult I have to cope with, although when I try searching WASE Google insists I mean Waste! I also have GAY which leads to many sites I'm not really into

Steve

Try Googling for "WASE" may get around that
Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #46 on: Saturday 02 October 10 22:35 BST (UK) »
I've got a few names that cause problems when searching

TOPE -   BTopenworld email addresses
BORER -  lots of laborers
VAUS -  addresses in VA.US (Virginia, USA)
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #47 on: Saturday 02 October 10 22:53 BST (UK) »
Try googling Wood - impossible to get a sensible result other than furniture, golf clubs, floors, anything else you can think of that is made of wood and wooded areas!!!!!
Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.

Main Names: Wood, Taylor, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull [and many others when I go off on a tangent!! lol]

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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #48 on: Sunday 03 October 10 16:31 BST (UK) »
Arrrgggg

Earlier this week I added a new name to the tree - Moses Xerxes - try googling that !!!

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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #49 on: Saturday 16 October 10 22:52 BST (UK) »
I have
HILL  with a William and a Fanny

LEATHER  lots of leather products

FLOOD  lots of water!!!!

CURRIE glad it is not Curry or that may also cause problems

Carolyn

Hill,Griffiths,Davison,Hewitt,Foulkes, Flintshire
Hill, Assal,Thomas Cheshire/Flintshire
Brennan Queens county (Laois)
Hynnes Galway
Flood  Wicklow/Lancashire     Geogehan/Gahan Wicklow to Lancashire
Currie Monaghan/Scotland
Behan Kings and Kildare
Purcell Wexford/ co kilkenny
Hunt Wexford
Hoey Louth
Kean Ireland
Flannagan Kings County Offley
Leather Lancashire
Woodward Lancashire
Thomas Lancashire
Garnett lancashire
Haselden Lancashire
Singleton Lancashire

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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #50 on: Saturday 16 October 10 23:28 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Pebbles Kernow on Sunday 03 October 10 16:31 BST (UK)
Arrrgggg

Earlier this week I added a new name to the tree - Moses Xerxes - try googling that !!!


There doesn't sem to be any problem if you put it in quotation marks.
Living in Berkshire from Northampton & Milton Keynes
DETAILS OF MY NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE
Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse, Stevens, Batchelor
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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #51 on: Sunday 17 October 10 09:18 BST (UK) »
I have just tried the quotation marks - and it is a little better, but still alot of hardwood flooring and campsites!!! lol
Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.

Main Names: Wood, Taylor, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull [and many others when I go off on a tangent!! lol]

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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #52 on: Sunday 17 October 10 10:38 BST (UK) »
I don't get any of campsites or hardwood flooring.  Are you putting both words within one set of quotes?
Living in Berkshire from Northampton & Milton Keynes
DETAILS OF MY NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE
Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse, Stevens, Batchelor
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Re: Names which cause problems with searches....
« Reply #53 on: Sunday 17 October 10 14:22 BST (UK) »
doh! No - I wasnt - much better results when you put the full name in within the quotes!!!  :-[  lol

Thank you for the tip - this will help my searching no end!!!  ;D
Areas: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.

Main Names: Wood, Taylor, Beckworth, Whysall, Hull [and many others when I go off on a tangent!! lol]
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