Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical database. I
would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building up
his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just a few
errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job in verifying.
Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects in your
data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to interface with the
program. It has been tested on gedcoms with nearly a million persons. It is
fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also find
misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
Check your database consistency
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hlmw
Re: Check your database consistency
Tom de Neef wrote:
Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical database. I
would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building up
his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just a few
errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job in verifying.
Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects in your
data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to interface with the
program. It has been tested on gedcoms with nearly a million persons. It is
fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also find
misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
This may be a useful 'aid' but one that I will not consider. Do you really expect me or others to send you a Gedcom of all of our data?
Lorna
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Graham
Re: Check your database consistency
"hlmw" <hlmw1@telus.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.316.1193001857.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com...
Why would you have to send him all your Gedcom data?
Graham
news:mailman.316.1193001857.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com...
Tom de Neef wrote:
Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical database.
I would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building up
his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just a few
errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job in
verifying. Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects in
your data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to interface
with the program. It has been tested on gedcoms with nearly a million
persons. It is fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also find
misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
This may be a useful 'aid' but one that I will not consider. Do you
really expect me or others to send you a Gedcom of all of our data?
Lorna
Why would you have to send him all your Gedcom data?
Graham
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hlmw
Re: Check your database consistency
Graham wrote:
Lorna
"hlmw" <hlmw1@telus.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.316.1193001857.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com...
Tom de Neef wrote:
Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical database.
I would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building up
his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just a few
errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job in
verifying. Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects in
your data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to interface
with the program. It has been tested on gedcoms with nearly a million
persons. It is fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also find
misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
This may be a useful 'aid' but one that I will not consider. Do you
really expect me or others to send you a Gedcom of all of our data?
Lorna
Why would you have to send him all your Gedcom data?
Graham
Why would you only send part of it to be checked?
Lorna
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Gene Y.
Re: Check your database consistency
hlmw wrote:
impressed with the number of errors. Not in my gedcom, but in his results.
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Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox.
http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/
Graham wrote:
"hlmw" <hlmw1@telus.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.316.1193001857.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com...
Tom de Neef wrote:
Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical
database. I would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building
up his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just
a few errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job
in verifying. Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects
in your data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to
interface with the program. It has been tested on gedcoms with
nearly a million persons. It is fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also
find misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
This may be a useful 'aid' but one that I will not consider. Do you
really expect me or others to send you a Gedcom of all of our data?
Lorna
Why would you have to send him all your Gedcom data?
Graham
Why would you only send part of it to be checked?
Lorna
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You do not send him anything. You download the program and run it on your own computer. I was not
impressed with the number of errors. Not in my gedcom, but in his results.
--
Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox.
http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/
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Robert Melson
Re: Check your database consistency
In article <mailman.324.1193013019.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com>,
hlmw <hlmw1@telus.net> writes:
Didn't I read in the original post that the tool was a
free download? If so, the whole argument is moot.
Stupefied Ol' Bob
--
Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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"People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are
hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer
hlmw <hlmw1@telus.net> writes:
Graham wrote:
"hlmw" <hlmw1@telus.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.316.1193001857.19317.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com...
Tom de Neef wrote:
Amazing how many inconsistencies you can find in a genealogical database.
I would get rich if my users pay 1 cent per 'error'.
But it is all for free, so never mind that.
The point is this: everyone who has put a lot of effort in building up
his/her database is upset when it appears to have more than just a few
errors. And most recording programs do not do a very good job in
verifying. Download Genealogica Grafica from
http://home.versatel.nl/genealogicagrafica/ and see what it detects in
your data. (You will need to export to a gedcom in order to interface
with the program. It has been tested on gedcoms with nearly a million
persons. It is fast!)
Tests include:
- link inconsistencies
- loops
- loose ends (unconnected groups of persons)
- date inconsistencies
- unlikely situations
When you let the program produce a map of birthplaces, it will also find
misspellings in placenames.
And it will also make graphicals of trees, inbreeding patterns and
relationships. The Help is extensive.
Hope this is a useful aid.
Tom
This may be a useful 'aid' but one that I will not consider. Do you
really expect me or others to send you a Gedcom of all of our data?
Lorna
Why would you have to send him all your Gedcom data?
Graham
Why would you only send part of it to be checked?
Lorna
snip
Didn't I read in the original post that the tool was a
free download? If so, the whole argument is moot.
Stupefied Ol' Bob
--
Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
-----
"People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are
hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer
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Tom de Neef
Re: Check your database consistency
"Gene Y." <please.ask> schreef in bericht
news:471bf235$0$11492$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
If you find that some of the reported 'errors' are in fact incorrect (i.e.
can not even be considered warnings) you could contribute by giving some
details or suggestions. (My email is public.) The rules have been tested on
gedcoms of more than 200 users. But it may well be that the number of
programs used for recording the data is much more limited.
Tom
news:471bf235$0$11492$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
You do not send him anything. You download the program and run it on your
own computer. I was not impressed with the number of errors. Not in my
gedcom, but in his results.
--
If you find that some of the reported 'errors' are in fact incorrect (i.e.
can not even be considered warnings) you could contribute by giving some
details or suggestions. (My email is public.) The rules have been tested on
gedcoms of more than 200 users. But it may well be that the number of
programs used for recording the data is much more limited.
Tom
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Gene Y.
Re: Check your database consistency
Tom de Neef wrote:
listed but the program stated that she was incorrectly listed as the child of two sets of parents.
There were numerous other instances where, when there was no data to derive info from, the program
created false data and used that to return erroneous results. There were too many of these for me
to waste my time any further. Sorry.
--
Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox.
http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/
"Gene Y." <please.ask> schreef in bericht
news:471bf235$0$11492$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
You do not send him anything. You download the program and run it on your
own computer. I was not impressed with the number of errors. Not in my
gedcom, but in his results.
--
If you find that some of the reported 'errors' are in fact incorrect (i.e.
can not even be considered warnings) you could contribute by giving some
details or suggestions. (My email is public.) The rules have been tested on
gedcoms of more than 200 users. But it may well be that the number of
programs used for recording the data is much more limited.
Tom
I have already uninstalled the program, but one example I recall was a person who had NO parents
listed but the program stated that she was incorrectly listed as the child of two sets of parents.
There were numerous other instances where, when there was no data to derive info from, the program
created false data and used that to return erroneous results. There were too many of these for me
to waste my time any further. Sorry.
--
Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox.
http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/