In message <c235nvk6s9ipe72ingqr03kd6rb52sgq4j@smtp.ukonline.co.uk>, Dave Mayall <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> writes >On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:31:50 +0100, you wrote: > >>[Transferred from FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com] >> >>Dave Mayall <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> wrote to >>FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com on Fri, 12 Sep 2003: >> >>>On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:47:24 +0200, you wrote: >>> >>>>Marriages Dec 1889 >>>> >> >>FERRIS Fanny Gloucester 6a [56]44 >> >> >> >>Ferris Fanny Gloucester 6a 544 >> >> >> >>>>Question: is there some clever software which in time will recognize >>>> these duplications and merge them into a singe (bold) entry? Because >>>>in the meantime they are distorting the number of "unique" records >>>>which FreeBMD claims in its home page.... >> >>>No, ultimately all unmatched entries will be investigated and resolved >>>by experienced transcribers. >> >>Who will presumably be able to determine whether the page should be >>entered as 544, 644, or even [56]44, and that at least one >>of the transcribers had made an error. >> >>Now suppose that both transcribers had entered 544, or 644, or [56]44. >>What is the probability in each case that not just one, but both, have >>made an error? And would that error be recognised? > >At some point in the future, I will complete coding of the module >which analyses the data to find entries which are out of place. > >In the example you give, it is unlikely that Gloucester extends to >page 644, so it would be caught that way. Alternatively, it will show >up due to an incorrect number of entries on a page. I'm glad Dave provided that as I was sure it would be possible. Page range checking will pick up many, but not all, possible errors. I'm currently compiling a page range for my syndicate co-ordinator [yes, I know the FreeBMD database does it]. With a couple of exceptions, every error it has thrown up has been a typo on my part when I've checked back. Of course, page range checking won't find every error but it should find most where the hundreds digit is wrong or there is an option such as above -- Philip Powell Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland to The Cheviot