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Soundex: The standard Soundex code for McA/I/Ninch is "M255", but lately "M252" |
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has also been seen, and the sharp-eyed researcher must be aware of both. Soundex |
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was developed to group (mis)-spellings of a surname together. Soundex rules are |
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1. the first letter is not coded (upper-case, no number assigned to first letter), |
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2. some prefixes are not coded (le,di,du,van,von etc.)["Mc" is coded (upper-case M)], |
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3. the letters a, e, i, o, u, y, w, and h are not coded ("no vowels"), |
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4. double consonants will be encoded only once (n for nn or t for tt), |
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5. surnames with the same code will be alphabetized by given name, and |
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6. the code key letter groups and their equivalent code numbers are |
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1-(b,f,p,v); 2-(c,g,j,k,q,s,x,z); 3-(d,t); 4-(l); 5-(m,n); & 6-(r). |
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Thus McA/I/Ninch is coded M255: M 2(c) (skip A/I) 5(n/nn) (skip i) 5(n). |
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Please note that this is same M255 code for various spellings of McAninch, McIninch, |
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and McNinch! (which is exactly what the Soundex system is designed for). |
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However, mis-spellings which end in -ich or -ish (without the 'n', should be -inch) |
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will be M252: M 2(c) (skip A/I) 5(n or nn) (skip i) 2(c or s). So, with any Soundex |
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records, check standard M255, and check common mis-spellings M252. |
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Ulster: 1831 Census of County Londonderry, Province of Ulster, Ireland. |
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In addition to Tithe Applotment (1820's) and Griffiths Valuation (1860's) records |
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reported in May 1995 issue, the 1831 census of County Londonderry was not lost |
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in the Four Courts fire of 1922, and indexes five McAninchs: |
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Name [Parish] Address |
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[1] McAninch, Anne Bg[Ballyaghran] "Ballemond Big" [Note 1] |
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[2] Henry Mc[Macosquin] "Kilure" / [4] John Mc[Macosquin] "Ballyvennox" |
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[3] James Mc[Macosquin] "Meclary" / [5] Robert Bg[Ballyaghran] "Battlemond South" |
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[Note 1. Anne head-of-household, possibly widow; wives were not listed] |
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[copy of index received from Beth Mullinax, Irish Genealogical Society, St. Paul, MN] |
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[forward reference: McA/I/Ninch in 1821-1911 England/Ireland/Scotland, MFHN 2017] |
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John F. McAninch (1833-1913) by Kathy McAninch, Houston, Texas |
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[forward reference: cf. Family Bible Records, MFHN Vol. V, No. 1, Feb. 1997, |
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pg.1997-05, from David McAninch; note added April 1999 /fm] |
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When you write about John F. McAninch, you have to give credit to an earlier |
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genealogy compiled by Dora Rayworth McAninch, who had done some research on |
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the family of John F. McAninch. |
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John F. McAninch was born about 1833 in Tennessee. According to his death certificate, |
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he was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. John's father was William McAninch. |
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Although Maria Starr was listed as William's wife in the 1850 DeSoto County census, |
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I [Kathy] have come to believe that his mother's maiden name was Brown, and that |
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Maria was his step-mother and the mother of the children born to William after 1838. |
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John was the third son and lived with his family in Tennessee until about 1837. |
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When the Indian lands in northern Mississippi came open to settlement, his family |
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moved into Mississippi. The William McAninch family settled in the southern part |
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of DeSoto County near the Coldwater River and present Tate county before 1838. |
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John F. McAninch grew into manhood in DeSoto County, Mississippi, but it was |
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"open land" and opportunity in Texas that called to the dreams of the young man. |
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John F. joined his brother Elias B. and family as they headed west to settle in the new |
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state of Texas. John F. settled in the Bell county area, and his brother in nearby Milam |
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County. There he became neighbors of the Servers, McDaniels, Rosses, Neills, |
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Laughlins, Dicksons, and Whitelys. |
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McAninch Family History NL, Vol. III, No. 3, August 1995 [pg.3] / page 1995-24 |
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