Gavin, This is going to be my last word on this subject, as I feel we are going around in circles.
I will agree with you on at least one point. 1) Would it help if Legacy published the algorithm they use to calculate the probability – yes 2) Would I expect Legacy to realise that if a person is found in an Ireland and a Scotland census on the same date it shows that a person is living in one country and not the other – not necessarily. If Legacy only searches for an Event/Fact called “census” then it would not find one called “census – Scotland”. This could be improved by using the SQL “LIKE” term, but I do not know the Legacy search method. 3) Would I expect Legacy to identify that a person is likely to be in a different country on census night – definitely not. It must be remembered that Legacy is an international program, and whilst it goes some way to help those of us who live in the UK it cannot be expected to evaluate all the quirks which arise because it comprises 3/4 different countries. As I previously indicated, I would not expect Legacy to search a database of every country to ensure that, for all individuals, it is probably that they are living in a specific country at the time of a census. I’m sorry, Gavin, but what I am saying is that I think you are expecting too much for any program to meet your specification. As I have said, you can refine the search yourself using other search criteria and tagging. Sometimes a program cannot replace the human touch! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Gavin Nicholson Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Census list finds immigrants Yes that may be the case but the question I am asking is once I have put into the database that they WERE living in Ireland on census night I don’t think they should appear in the 1851 census list because I have made the determination that they weren’t there. I have another situation where I put an immigration event in and then a residence in Australia and then the probability drops right off and I can effectively exclude them. That is not happening when I put a residence on census night in another place. I think that is an error. From: David Abernathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012 12:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Census list finds immigrants Based on your example, the listed people may have been in Scotland on the date of the census. Just gecause the children were born in Ireland, Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
