When they give a percentage for a location, which location are they talking about? -- country, state, county/independent city -- I doubt township.
Pat On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Gavin Nicholson <gavn...@hotmail.com>wrote: > I think the intent is clear. There is a 50% chance that the person will be > at the specified location. This then allows you to filter out those > individuals who are unlikely (<50%?) to be in the country being searched.* > *** > > ** ** > > The problem is without knowing what causes the percentages to drop and by > how much it is difficult to decide what value to set the cutoff at. Having > said that as per my previous posts if you put in a residence in another > country the percentage chance falls to around 10%. (That is, the > programmers have decided that if someone was in England in 1851 and then > you find they are in Australia in 1856 there is only a 10% chance they will > have moved back and you will find them in 1861 in England)**** > > ** ** > > My main issue (and yes I have submitted a suggestion) is that the weight > appears too heavily to the children’s events. For example, if I had someone > living for 50 years in one location (say 1851-1901) but I can’t find them > in 1911 but I do find their children in another country then Legacy will > suggest looking for the parents in that other country with a high > probability (eg. 90%). I have been planning to set up a dummy file to play > with scenarios such as what if 3 children all moved to different countries > what does Legacy suggest then. When I do this I will post the results.**** > > ** ** > > Hope this helps,**** > > Gavin...**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 August 2012 7:18 PM > > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options**** > > ** ** > > Bruce,**** > > **** > > The problem with this lack of information may just be be due to the way my > mind works. I think mainly in pictures, so if I read, say, a percentage > then I may see a slider set at that %, or a sliced orange, I’m sure that > you get the idea, but usually I relate this to the context, and for 50% of > a location I cannot do this. Basically I cannot picture the meaning from > the information given, so it largely becomes meaningless.**** > > **** > > The effect is that if I think of adjusting the probability selection I > have no confidence in the possible outcome, because I do not know for > certain what I am doing. I really do hope that Legacy will amend the Help > file to make this option much more understandable.**** > > **** > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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 > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
