I just read Dick Eastman article Surname Suggestion List. I couldn't wait to download the program and see what suggestions it had for Weatherwax. It didn't have all the variations that I have seen but at least it gave an indication that I should try Wiederwax.
If I had known that information when I first started to work on genealogy it would of save many hours of research. It would of been my first indication that it was derived from a German surname. I need to give some feed back to developer Matthew Combs and say thanks and give him the other spelling variations I have for the Weatherwax. I guess I need to put that on my to-do list.
Besides giving spelling suggestions the program will also let you do a Google search on the results. Now that is really handy. It appears to be a simple and useful tool for the genealogy community. I'm sure I will be giving it more spins in the future.
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day!
3 comments:
Renee, This is Matt Combs, author of the software. Thanks for your nice comments. If you have any ideas for making the program more useful, please let me know.
Also, I am very interested in your Weatherwax variants. If you email me them, I will look into adding them to the surname database in the next release.
Matt Combs
Lewisville, NC
I love this program, I put it up on my blog and on my forum back at the beginning of my. I've used it a lot, even though its missing some suggestions I've come across, its given a lot to look for I hadnt considered before!!
Shannon, could you leave a comment with the surname suggestions you felt were missing? I would like to see them, and see if I can make the program better.
Thanks, Matt.
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