Agree with everything Polly says but I also use A* trees to determine couples, in some cases it will eliminate several of the couples in the earlier period when you get 4 to the page. I had a problem just last week where the name I wanted was the only entry! An A* tree had a spouses' name but searching on that name produced 5 results. The Vol No was 81 in the single case but 881 in the 5 Shirley Forster WSFHS Farnham Co-ordinator ELWICK Web Page: www.elwick.info Pirbright Web Page: www.pirbright.info -------------------------------------------------- From: "Polly Rubery via" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 8:36 AM To: "Robert Fowler" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [G] Members Spot Quiz - IMP on the GMI MM ??? Answers Provided > Hi Robert > > You are certainly not ploughing a lone furrow as I have been using this > process for many years (but haven't yet had time to read the latest > edition > of JOONS (which only came yesterday morning so have no idea what it says > there). It is often easy to identify the "other parties" via the census > or > online marriage information. When it fails of course is if the two > possible > wives share the same forename, but even the census may help with sorting > them out. > > But I have a question for you? What is wrong with the same process for > the > 1837-1852 marriages? True you have eight people to deal with instead of > only four, but if there is only one spouse with the correct forename, it > is > no harder to use! > > The main reason people do not use it is that they are unaware of the > simple > matter of querying the FreeBMD results for all the marriages on the same > page.....(click on the page number!). Mind you some poeple still seem to > be > unaware of FreeBMD itself! > > As to the "3 or 5" results that you mention, many are down to > hard/impossible to read page numbers in the GRO index (this was true even > of > some parts of the actual pages in the on the shelf early > hand-writtenvolumes, where much useage had worn the ink off the velum), > and > so checking all the results for that quarter and Registration District may > well supply possibilities or corrections to adjust them to the correct 4. > But sometimes 5 (or even more) will reflect a marriage partner who is > known > by two different surnames for various reasons. > Kind regards > Polly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Fowler via" <[email protected]> > To: "Goons Forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 7:06 AM > Subject: [G] Members Spot Quiz - IMP on the GMI MM ??? Answers Provided > > > > > > > Hi > > There has been zero discussion on this Forum about the IMP concept, > mentioned in the Mar-Jun Journal 2016. So I have knocked together a quick > quiz, for those that do not understand Inferred Marriage Partners. > > > 1. What are IMP marriages? > > > 2. What use are IMP marriages? > > > 3. Will they be searchable on the GMI? > > > 4. Where will the information come from? > > > 5. Can we made it easier for Marriage Challengers? > > > Before the answers, link to an even older article on the subject: > > http://www.one-name.org/members/journal/articles/vol11-9_Fowler.pdf > > > 1. A simple concept for marriages 1852-1911 where four names are listed, > if > two are paired the remaining two can also be matched. > > > 2. GMI is the source of all information we know about marriages for new > members etc. The more information the better. > > > 3. Not yet but soon, I am advised - but all my IMPs are already > submitted. > > > 4. From a detailed study of all Fowler marriages on the GMI, 90%+ > currently > come from MCs & CPs. > > > 5 Yes Give them the information with your MC submission !!! > > > The Hungerford MC closes on the 9th April, to see my suggestion for > editing > the standard submissions Excel: > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RTLPQUKaVn7wU-hpUp03CxNCVZBoVYPmFRjcbIoAxWw/edit#gid=1878539376 > > > As the meerkat says - "SIMPLE". > > > > > > Why the initiative for this needs to come from me ? - No Idea, any > support out there, on am I ploughing a lone furrough? > > > > Robert Fowler 5464 > > > > PS You can ask the Challenger for help with the odd 3 & 5 name > records on FreeBMD !! > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >