Names which cause problems with searches....

[AnneMc]

I have the same problem with the surname " Train" I come up with lots of Train schedules!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Anne

[DudleyWinchurch]

I have Risk and Quirk.  Fine so long as you can put them in a site with a "family name" field that allows you to be specific. Pity that I'm searching for both in Ireland.

[stonechat]

The name Cock/Cocks- I need say no more

[HeatherLynne]

My worst is Roots, just about every family historian is searching for their roots! 

Oddly enough though Rassell is also a problem - despite the name being quite rare so many searches give lots of Russell results, especially if the records have been digitised as often a letter 'u' is read as 'a' by computer programs.

[angelfish58]

Ferry, no matter what I try search-wise it always seems to come back to aquatic transport.
and
Stockton, you would be amazed at how many towns are named this,( I also have Sunderland on the same line)

[Marmaduke 123]

I've got Berkshire! And they lived in Reading after they moved from Hampshire!

Imagine trying to search the Hampshire archives website for Berkshire, or searching for Berkshire Reading anywhere!

They seem to have found it a bit of a problem themselves, as a lot of the later lines changed the spelling to Barkshire.

Anne

[angelfish58]

Anne, that must be the winner what a nightmare.

[ambers]

Page, was my biggest nightmare

ambers

[akanex2]

My grandmother's maiden name was Church ... a total nightmare for searching parish records in particular!

  A search for <"John Church" + marriage>, for example, brings up every reference to weddings held in churches dedicated to St John.