From 49493290c570f29b2ebb1d3f7a76254c079c8a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Manzi <manzi.sam@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 16:29:27 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug 9975 Incorrect SoundEx result (#388)

---
 gramps/gen/soundex.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/soundex.py b/gramps/gen/soundex.py
index 28035d6dd..f062c0f08 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/soundex.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/soundex.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def soundex(strval):
         return "Z000"
     strval = strval.decode('ASCII', 'ignore')
     str2 = strval[0]
+    translator = strval.maketrans('','',IGNORE)
+    strval = strval.translate(translator)
     strval = strval.translate(TABLE)
     if not strval:
         return "Z000"