Could it be that their search is one of all words in the records as text, including newspapers etc. including the adjective, which is spelt "GRAY" in American English? Just a thought ... sounds a rubbishy site. Steve Tanner ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Date : 18/05/2016 - 08:38 (GMTDT) To : [email protected] Subject : [G] LocateMyName? Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter has reported on the LocateMyName website that gives the count of a name in their records and then estimates what this means for the actual numbers. On looking at it, I am concerned with what it seems to be telling me. For example, it shows the following for their top five countries for the name GRAY - the columns being country, he count in their records and the estimate: Country Records Estimate USA 307,166 382,841 Canada 8,729 24,995 UK 1,758 7,884 Australia 895 11,055 New Zealand 413 4,812 It also indicates that GRAY is ranked as number 222 in the UK. While I have no problems with the numbers of people they have in their databases, the estimate as to how many there are would seem to be wildly inaccurate. Does anyone know anything about this site? Regards Chris _____________________________________________ 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