Sometimes, to catch more fish, you have to cast a wider net. This tool helps you find potential matches on a site of your choice by taking the name you supply and using Google to find potential matches to similar, but not-quite-the-same patterns on that web site. This could include spelling variants or cases where the transcribed data contains common typos. It's a bit like Soundex, but fuzzier. For example, if you're searching for "Sheila," it might find her in some data where her name was accidentally recorded as "Shiela."
Please understand that by design this search technique tends to produce numerous low-quality results. So expect to sift through a lot of junk. But it does provide a relatively simple way to find matches that might otherwise go undetected. And when you're stuck at a brick wall, it's one more sledgehammer in your toolbox.
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