GUIDE TO THE SOUNDEX SYSTEM

     The Soundex filing system, alphabetic for the first letter of 
surname and numeric thereunder as indicated by divider cards, keeps
together names of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings.
     To search for a particular name, you must first work out the 
code number for the surname of the individual. NO NUMBER IS ASSIGNED
TO THE FIRST LETTER OF THE SURNAME.  If the name is Kuhne, for 
example, the index card will be in the "K" segment of the index.  The
code number for Kuhne, worked out according to the system below, is
500.

                         SOUNDEX CODING GUIDE

                    Code      Key letters & Equivlents

                    1         b, p, f, v
                    2         c, s, k, g, j, q, x, z
                    3         d, t
                    4         l
                    5         m, n
                    6         r

         The letters a, e, i, o, u, y, w, and h are NOT coded.
         The first letter of a surname is NOT coded.
         Every Soundex number must be a 3-digit number. A name
            yielding no code numbers, as Lee, would thus be L 000;
            one yielding only one code number would have two zeros
            added, as Kuhne, coded as K 500; and one yielding two
            code numbers would have one zero added, as Ebell,
            coded as E 140.  Not more than three digits are used,
            so Ebelson would be coded as E 142, not E 1425.
         When two key letters or equivalents appear together, or
            one key letter immediately follows or precedes an
            equivalent, the two are coded as one letter, by a 
            single number, as follows: Kelly, coded as 400;
            Buerck, coded as 620; Lloyd, coded as 300; and
            Schaefer, coded as 160.

     If several surnames have the same code, the cards for them are
arranged alphabetically by given name.  There are divider cards
showing most code numbers, but not all.  For instance, one divider
may be numbered 350 and the next one 400.  Between the two divider
cards there may be names coded 353, 350, 360, 364, 365, and 355,
but instead of being in numerical order they are interfiled alpha-
betically by given name.
     Such prefixes to surnames as "van," "Von,"  "Di," "de," "le,"
"D'," "dela," or "du" are sometimes disregarded in alphabetizing and 
in coding.
     The following names are examples of Soundex coding and are
given only as illustrations.

         NAME                 LETTERS CODED      CODE NO.

         Allricht             l, r, c            A 462
         Eberhard             b, r, r            E 166
         Engebrethson         n, g, b            E 521
         Heimbach             m, b, c            H 512
         Hanselmann           n, s, l            H 524
         Henzelmann           n, z, l            H 524
         Hildebrand           l, d, b            H 431
         Kavanagh             v, n, g            K 152
         Lind, Van            n, d               L 530
         Lukaschowsky         k, s, s            L 222
         McDonnell            c, d, n            M 235
         McGee                c                  M 200
         O'Brien              b, r, n            O 165
         Opnian               p, n, n            O 155
         Oppenheimer          p, n, m            O 155
         Riedemanas           d, m, n            R 355
         Zita                 t                  Z 300
         Zitzmeinn            t, z, m            Z 325

              -Source: The National Archives, Wash., DC         
                  Soundex codes are used in 1880, 1900 and 1910 census.
                  Published indexes may be available on most states
                  for prior census years.         -Mike Cambre