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Tom Eccles
Tom Eccles ✭
February 14 edited February 14 in Indexing
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Brennan is a relatively common surname in the area. Another possibility might be Burman. Or it could be neither of these. Would it be better to enter Brennan as an educated guess or to simply enter B* ?

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  • maryellenstevensbarnes1
    maryellenstevensbarnes1 ✭✭✭✭
    February 14

    Look at all the other handwriting in your batch to see what similarities you find in the letters and it always helps to post the batch code [XXXX-111] so we can see more of what you see

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 14

    Always best to share the batch! But, if you are going to use wildcards, you should at least include the letters you are certain of - like, B*an

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