GANS Membership Surname Interest Database
Search: Searches use either the usual wildcard operator, '*' (with some restrictions),
or a limited set of Regular Expression (regex) matching operators. All searches are case insensitive.
The searching is by SURNAME ONLY - do not enter a given name as well.
Enter One Name At A Time.
Basic searches allow for the usual wildcards: a question mark (?) = one character and * = multiple characters.
Examples for the Search Options:
Basic: harris, mcdonald, m*cd*, mos*er, m?rt*, fra*c*, van*tassel*, m*cne*l*
Regex: ma?cdon.*, mosh?er, van ?tassell?, mcd.+
Last major update of surnames database: 24 February 2012
Search script modified 2 May 2012
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