Hi Ron, Yes it would be handy if support would chime in to just confirm whether my understanding is correct.
Note that in my example the 1861 event was for Maria's CHILD so that is why I am saying it is very unlikely she (the mother) would be living in Ince. In that example my database has no other info for Maria so Legacy is doing its best to suggest a location (based on the child's last location) but my issue is I think the percentage is way too high given the scarcity of info it has to work with. I have made a suggestion to Legacy that children events should be carry a lot less weight that I think they are. Yes I wasn't trying to say Legacy should know about the question mark over her name I was trying to illustrate that the database has no info entered for Maria which is why it is making a suggestion for the location based on a CHILD's location in 1861. Again the 90% though is misleading because although the CHILD was living in Ince in 1861 she was in Wales in 1851, Somerset in 1841 and born in Devon in 1810, so she (the child) is working her way up the country! I personally could make not make a prediction above 30% with that info other than to say people generally did not move much in the early 1800s and since her daughter was born in Devon I would probably make that my best guess! Hope that makes sense, (Legacy Support any clarification??!!) Gavin... From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:11:14 +0100 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/ 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
