Thanks Boyd Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:36 AM Boyd Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim, > > On balance, I would say it is not worthwhile. > > Yes, it is very useful, almost essential, for big databases such as the > TABs. And I would dearly love someone to do it for Catholic Parish > Records!! But the amount of work required in order to do it for the > multifarious sources in CTI is just not a good way to spend your time, in > my opinion anyway. > > I have found plenty of useful information by a judicious use of your > current simple search system. I try various combinations of people's names > and townland names or churches or parishes and then the little headings > that are thrown up are usually enough for me to tell which will be useful. > This is very often how I find Len's transcriptions of BMD notices in old > newspapers. > > Others may think different but my advice would be to leave it. Your > search engine for TABs is a great help but that only works because it is > one database. > > Regards, > > Boyd > > https://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ > > > > On 6 July 2018 at 13:25, Jim McKane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi CTI Supporters - >> >> PROBLEM - as you know using any search engine to locate individual names >> on any website leaves a lot to be desired. As an example typing "james >> mckane" into any search engine will find instances of James McKane with the >> two words beside each other and in that order only. If you only type james >> mckane (without the quotes) you then get every page with the two words >> anywhere on those pages......... meaning you might find Thomas McKane and >> James Smith in your results but not James McKane. >> >> INVESTIGATION - I have invested a lot of time lately including investing >> in considerable with a professional programmer in an attempt to find an >> automated solution to the problem which has resulted in......... there >> is NO easy way! Why? Well the major reason is CTI has far too many types >> of records in far too many formats to automate the process. >> >> SOLUTION - The ONLY solution is plain brute force............ meaning >> manually creating spreadsheet lists of surnames and firstnames for each >> page on CTI. I would then massage those lists into a fully searchable >> database similar to the one recently created for the Tithe Applotment Books. >> >> QUESTIONS FOR YOU - >> >> - Do you feel this is a worthwhile project? >> - If so, would you be willing to type some lists for us? >> - If so, please give us an idea of how many hour/days/weeks you might >> expect to dedicate to our project. >> >> If you wish to keep your responses private, please email me directly >> off-list at [email protected] >> >> Thanks for your consideration, >> Jim McKane, webmaster >> >> >> >> Jim McKane >> South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CoTyroneList mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com >
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