Gavin, I do not read it that way, because I take the note after the percentage as being there only for information. In the case which you quote I would merely note the fact that in 1861 she was living in Ince. In 1971 she is quite likely to be living in Lancashire, less likely to be living in the Registration District covering Ince (not going to look it up at 01:00am) and even less likely to be living in Ince.
The above is, of course, without further information. Obviously, Legacy cannot be expected to know that there is a question mark over her name, and in any event I am not certain as to how this may be relevant, nor would I regard the place of birth of high importance when a later event shows residence in Lancashire. So we are back to the same problem of Legacy not giving us enough information to determine what weighting to give to the %. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Gavin Nicholson Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Census List options It's whatever location that is listed which could be a town. Here is one from 1871 from my database: Maria SMART 90% Ince, Lancashire, England (Child Event- Residence: 7 Apr 1861) So it is saying there is a 90% chance that you will find that person in Ince, Lancashire and the program came up with that idea from one of Maria's children who had a residence event on 7 Apr 1861 in Ince. I think that is clear. However, I think the 90% is misleading. I have never found Maria anywhere, her name is from an IGI record so is by no means certain. Her daughter was actually born in Devon so if I was going to guess where she is I would have been looking in Devion but would have attributed a far lower percentage given that her daughter was born around 1810. Gavin... From: Pat Hickin Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options When they give a percentage for a location, which location are they talking about? -- country, state, county/independent city -- I doubt township. Pat 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
