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Is this a search glitch?
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When I go to the Wikitree main page and type in "Stukeley Westcott" as the first and last names for a search, I would expect this man to show up:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Westcott-138
But I get two hits, neither of whom is he.
Per RJs comment, I have spelled his first name with an extra 'e' from the profile. Is this a glitch? I've seen less similar spellings show up as hits. How does Wikitree decide that inserting a single extra character is different enough to not appear in a search?
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Stukely Westcott
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Barry Smith
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Barry Smith
I think you're searching for Stukeley with 2 e's, the more common English spelling (placenames in England often end with -ley, but rarely -ly).
You are correct RJ. I used the spelling given by Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary, which has the extra 'e'. So I will edit my question to ask if this is being too sensitive. I've seen less-similar spellings show up as hits
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I just searched for him; got 7 results, and he was at the top of the list.
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