Creating a Surname Lexicon for Historical U.S. Records

Authors

Spencer Keith Timmerman, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

economics, FamilySearch, surname, genealogy, history, census, record linking

Abstract

We develop a method for creating a lexicon of all correctly spelled surnames in historical US records. We focus specially on the full-count 1850-1940 census records which include over 10 million unique spellings in the surname field. We use links across multiple census records to identify the correct spellings of the surname transcriptions.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Timmerman, Spencer Keith, "Creating a Surname Lexicon for Historical U.S. Records" (2023). FHSS Mentored Research Conference. 378.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/fhssconference_studentpub/378

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2023-12-07

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Economics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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