Thanks Ward , You explained it better than I could.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the OP knows that they are the same person. The issue is how > Legacy nominates potential duplicates. You can’t win: if you include given > name in the criteria, you can miss some duplicates. If you exclude the > given name, then you get way too many nominations to wade through and > dismiss. > > Some search engines are sophisticated enough to compare names that are > possible matches even though not exactly the same. This is helpful, for > example, when first and middle names are reversed, or when initials are > used. Or Charles vs. Carl. I don’t know to what extent the Legacy > duplicate-finding algorithm does this, but perhaps improvements are in > order. > > Along the same lines, when a given name is missing, I get many bogus > duplicate nominations. I know there is a setting for this, but I think > Legacy could look slightly further at the family relationships to see that > most of these cannot be duplicates. > > Ward > > *From:* John Groome <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:31 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate search > > An interesting question/scenario. > > For what it's worth, I have two or three persons on my database called > Johanna who were originally from Germany and after settlement in NZ were > called Anna. I have found many such examples where immigrants have > anglicised their names eg Carl became Charles/Charlie and Wilhelm became > Bill. > > So I would not rule out either option of whether they are the same or > different until I had more information. (My current suspicion is they are > the same person) > > John > NZ > > > On 25 April 2013 09:03, Larry Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would agree that they are probably different people. >> >> Depending on the number of individuals in the database I would think it >> unlikely that they would have the same birth and death dates, but it is >> possible. I don't know if it would, but this could be something that would >> get flagged by running a potential problems report. Might give that a try. >> >> Larry Lee >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:19 PM, David Abernathy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How can you say these two entries are the same? >>> Johanna Maria Schampers born 2/8/1884 died 12/23/1974 >>> Anna Schampers born 2/8/1884 died 12/23/1974 >>> >>> With two different first and middle names I would even say that they >>> were two different people. >>> Just because they both were born and died on the same dates, does NOT >>> make them the same person. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> David C Abernathy >>> Email disclaimers >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com >>> == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Gene Young [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:38 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate search >>> >>> On 4/24/2013 2:19 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: >>> > YET again today I found a duplicate that did not show up in my regular >>> > search for duplicates. >>> > >>> > WHY can't Legacy show me simple easy potential duplicates like this: >>> > >>> > Johanna Maria Schampers born 2/8/1884 died 12/23/1974 >>> > Anna Schampers born 2/8/1884 died 12/23/1974 >>> > >>> > The surname AND birth and death dates are exactly the same, yet this >>> > potential duplicate does not show in my duplicate search ???? >>> > >>> > This is one area Legacy gets an F in my book. >>> > >>> > Jay >>> > >>> >>> Under Merge > Find Duplicates > on the "Normal Duplicate Search" Tab, if >>> you have "Given names for a length of" checked, then "Johanna Maria" and >>> "Anna" are in no way, shape or form remotely close to the same name, >>> therefor they are NOT a match. Give yourself an "F" for not checking the >>> help files and learning to use the program before you blame it for your own >>> mistakes. 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