The Guth Algorithm and the Nominal Record Linkage of Multi-Ethnic Populations

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Title
The Guth Algorithm and the Nominal Record Linkage of Multi-Ethnic Populations
Abstract
The authors discuss the advantages of the letter-by-letter comparative algorithm proposed by Gloria Guth over language-specific systems for linking records involving surnames in a multi-ethnic population. The paper "begins with a brief description of three language-specific systems--the Russell Soundex Code, the Henry Code, and FONEM--and delineates the inadequacies of these linkage strategies when applied to multi-ethnic populations. The major part of the paper focuses on the Guth algorithm and its application to a multi-ethnic population, the voting electorate of Upper Town, Quebec, from 1814 to 1836." The multi-ethnic voting electorate included British, Irish and French-Canadian residents of Upper Town.
Publication
Historical Methods
Volume
Vol. 19
Issue
no. 1
Pages
20-24
Date
Winter 1986
Language
en
Citation
De Brou, David, and Mark Olsen. “The Guth Algorithm and the Nominal Record Linkage of Multi-Ethnic Populations.” Historical Methods Vol. 19, no. 1 (Winter 1986): 20–24.
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