I have used several of these sites to estimate the current Kelsall population in the US. They all say they are based on public records but they don’t produce the same results. For total population I got 570 from Public Profiler, 395 from Locate My Name and 423 from Whitepages. From various other sources including the census I think the correct answer is about 400 - but any search that produces about 400 might be by chance with duplicates balancing missing data. There is also a lot of conflicting information in the details. Looking up my own records Familytreenow lists my son and daughter but not my wife (who uses the name Kelsall). I have no connection with the address they came up with, other than it may belong to another Peter Kelsall. Another site correctly listed my current address plus other addresses I have had in the past, but that site identified my wife and daughter but not my son. Some of the listings you get clearly include many obvious duplicates and other possible duplicates. Of course there is no way of knowing what is missing. So these sites have their uses but I would not call them reliable. Also I have not explored Familytreenow much because there is a lot of negative publicity about how they may use the data. Peter Kelsall http://kelsall.one-name.net/ -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+kelsall=q.com@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 4:56 PM To: GOONS Forum <GOONS@rootsweb.com> Subject: [G] Questions for USA Members maybe. Hi All, Have been looking at several sites that give USA phone numbers and addresses, the last being ‘familytreenow’ another has been ‘Intelius’, ( although I think the former used the latter), in which lists of possible relatives are given. My questions are:- 1) On what basis are those lists formed, ie same address or phone number at some time in their lives? 2) What is the best way to use those lists and/ or how do others use the lists? 3) How much certainty can I put on the data they contain, particularly were it cannot be found elsewhere? Regards Tony. Anthony John Mingay Member of the Guild of One Name Studies, 1985 (once of Kent & Suffolk now in NZ but still researching the surname MINGAY and its variants Worldwide. _____________________________________________ Information and admin page: http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message