I don't think those ratios mean anything at all. It doesn't seem like that's a very good way to determine whether or not your system is working. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:54 PM, John Boyd <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> wrote: > Well, I went back and looked at another file I have.  130,000 individuals, > and 31,000 places.  Also, I am working on resolving the place names, so the > 31,000 will go down.  Guess 1 unique name per 4 individuals is about right. > > John & Kathleen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of John Boyd > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:25 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Place name list, FTM 2012 > > Can't remember the specifics, and may just be thinking of another file > entirely. > > John & Kathleen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:13 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Place name list, FTM 2012 > > I have 2626 individuals with 934 place names.  That gives me a ratio of > about 2.8 : 1.  You ration with 4500 is about 3 :1.  So I don't find it too > unreasonable. > > Where did you get the 25000 place names?  That seems a very high number to > me unless there were a lot with information other than place names. > For example did you have a lot of place names which included street names > some other type of comment included in the Place name field? > > Did you resolve any place names recently? > > BJ > > On 11/15/2011 8:10 AM, John Boyd wrote: >> Just noticed that my list of Place Names only shows a count of 4,645. >> I know this was over 25,000 a few days ago, and since I have over >> 16,000 individuals in my file, 4,500 can't be right. >> >> >> >> John&  Kathleen >> >> >> >> ********************************** >> List information page >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html >> >> Online Support for Family Tree Maker >> Version 16 and earlier >> http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> Version 2008 - 2011 >> http://ftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4618 - Release Date: >> 11/15/11 >> >> > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Gee, then what words of wisdom would you propose rather than just telling us that we don't know what we're talking about? I originally posed the question about checking to see if there was problem with my system. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of TH Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 3:09 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Place name list, FTM 2012 I don't think those ratios mean anything at all. It doesn't seem like that's a very good way to determine whether or not your system is working. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:54 PM, John Boyd <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> wrote: > Well, I went back and looked at another file I have.  130,000 > individuals, and 31,000 places.  Also, I am working on resolving the > place names, so the > 31,000 will go down.  Guess 1 unique name per 4 individuals is about right. > > John & Kathleen >