Convert Surname to Soundex Equivalent

Category:

Miscellaneous

Type:

Applications

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Neil Crosby

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

When researching US Census data, sooner or later you will need to convert a surname into a soundex equivalent. This program will do that for you using the rules at:

http://www.nara.gov/genealogy//coding.html

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download soundex.zip