Why is it so hard to locate things on this family?

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is it do to all the way's that you can spell it? Don't now which way to go after using the spelling of my father name (Pomaville).

in Genealogy Help by Michael Moran G2G2 (2.7k points)
edited by Keith Hathaway

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There are lots of Pomavilles to be found on familysearch - maybe you could enter the name(s) - location(s) and approximate date ranges on their free search tool and find whomever you are searching for?  There are fewer Pomervilles and Pomervull and variant spellings. 

1,492 results for > Name: Pomaville  - US

https://familysearch.org/search/records/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Apomaville~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aus~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1800-1940~

 

1-20 of 252 results for > Name: pomaville  Canada

https://familysearch.org/search/records/results#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Apomaville~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Acanada~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1800-1940~

by Chris Hoyt G2G6 Pilot (790k points)
selected by Maggie N.

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