Well spotted on the change of list,finger trouble on my part. I'll have to check that Tony is aware we have changed lists. You thought correctly, I had already mentioned in an earlier email on this thread that the information was also available on the individual graphs. I'm not quite certain if this automatic notification is what Tony is looking for, but he'll be able to confirm this . Allan Raymond [email protected] http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm FreeBMD - putting birth marriages and deaths on the Internet http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 06 August 2001 01:55 Subject: Re: Coverage graphs . . . Allan, Just moving this to discuss :) you moved to the wrong list :)) And to add to it .... The facility we are looking at is for notification when the information you are interested in changes ... this should negate the need to see the change in the coverage, I think... The information for each year and event is available in the individual graphs for that year which shows the change already. Cheers Graham Allan Raymond wrote: > > Hi Tony > > I have transferred this topic across to the Discuss list rather than continuing it > on the Admin list as we are talking about proposed changes to FreeBMD. > > I'm sorry but I still cannot see that including the % addition during the month > (or since the last update) on the bar chart will do much to assist people in their > searches. Neither can I see the tie up with ordering fiche whether it is > births,deaths or deaths or for that matter the Census Index fiche. > > The bar charts currently show the % coverage on a yearly basis so this should > adequately indicate to searchers the possibility of finding an entry for that > year. For example if somebody was searching for a marriage record for 1883 to 1886 > (inclusive) they would have at least a 95% chance of finding the entry. On the > other hand somebody searching for a marriage record 1860 to 1866 (inclusive) will > have about a 1 to 2% chance of finding the entry. > > You are quite correct the progress on some years is more advanced than others, > this is due to a combination of what source we have for transcribing and some > co-ordinators opt to do an event/period. However in my role as "Syndicate > co-ordinator" I would like to see a year completed before moving onto another, but > this a little bit utopian. > > I assume it is possible to have a two coloured split bar chart to include the > monthly increase, but again I wonder what it would indicate to a searcher. For > example if coverage for 1883 was 70% and during the month (or since the last > update) it had increased by 3% what help would this be to the searcher? > > Allan Raymond > [email protected] > http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm > FreeBMD - putting birth marriages and deaths on the Internet > http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Jebson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: 05 August 2001 15:59 > Subject: Re: Coverage graphs . . . > > Allan Raymond wrote: > > I am not sure how this would be useful. > > Well, I'm sure there are many people out there who know the > name they're searching for, but are *very* unsure of the date > making it difficult to order appropriate fiches from the LDS > (their family history centre here in Austin has *none* of the Census > Index fiches so everything is a new order. Ho hum). > > This makes the FreeBMD search facility extremely useful, however > given the current coverage, it doesn't often yield results. > > Now, if FreeBMD moves to regular monthly updates, knowing > which years had significantly more data would be useful -- my > suspicion is that progress proceeds irregularly and is concentrated > on a few years / events at a time rather than being uniform across > all years and events. > > > Would you like to elaborate a little more on what format the graphs > > should take to show the changes. > > The format I was thinking of was to make each vertical bar split into > two differently coloured sections, with the top section indicating > new data . . . > > --- Tony Jebson > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog