Genealogy Chat

Hi all just had a bored few minitues so I did a couple of name searches and the claim of 45 million records on this site could do with being knocked down a few notches. Dida search for Forename unknown Surname unknown, this came up with 606518 matches. Then did Surname unknown that came up with 1192721 matches Then did a search for (mother) and came up with 884637 matches Then did a search for (father) this resulted in 484789 matches Which is a total of 316,8665 records, getting on for a 1/3 of a million dodgy records, time for a recount me thinks

looks more like 3 million from your figures !!!

And out of that three million, how many are duplicates i.e entered by more than one member? Sam x

Hi all ok so the grand total is nearer 3 million lol but try it yourself you will see the idividual searches are correct.

Its long been suspected that the number of genuine ancestors on this site falls well below the number claimed by the site once you've weeded out the records you mention along with the Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck etc entries. But 45 million records sounds so much better than 1 million or whatever the real figure is and makes the site far more valuable which seems to be an important factor to them right now

At the end of the day, the number of names on the site was never a consideration to whether I joined or not. I paid my membership fee mainly for the help of all the lovely people on the message boards! Sam x

Heres a few from some dedicated members............ SURNAMES>> Last name= 115 Dont know=1837 F**K knows=2 Somebody=259 ?=146,904 ??=14,318 ???=15,429 ????=7,236 ?????=3,068 ??????=1,950 ???????=940 ????????=495 ?????????=310 ??????????=217 Tosser=1 Who Cares=2 Missing=142 *=2761 **=314 !=71 Twat=9 Nob=2 Tit=2 Thats another 200,000 to add to the list !!

I agree with you Sam, the fee is well worth the money and the help is priceless. I was just pointing out that the claimed amount of records is a little missleading.

did we get an answer from someones question on a thread i've forgotton.....about what happens to all the names on existing lists when the subsciption is not renewed ?? If they are counting all members lists that WERE GR members this would be a tad misleading !! I find ONE person out of 40 million plus.. who has my great grandfather from the 1800's in her tree... and i never get my messages answered... however hard i grovel... xkx

Hi Kat, I guess your unanswered messages are to members. I have sent five (5) messages to GR about duplications/corruption on this site. NOT ONE RESPONSE AS YET!!!! Makes me wonder if Ill rejoin; yet I like the site otherwise. Robert

I found someone who had the same ancestor I've been trying to get details on for ages, it was def the same one - same name and birth date, living in a teensy village. When I emailed the woman, she said 'this is not my ancestor'. Whats it doing in her tree then?!

I contacted a member recently,who like a few ,havent grasped the essentials of how the site works(through no fault of their own-) and have obviously added a few names based on what they have been told,and family folklore. Her mother was one of 7 children,she being the youngest-my connection is with the eldest born 15 years earlier. Her entries are so inaccurate- her mother has been given the wrong birth year,but her aunt,my connection has the right one.She refers to them all by their slang names,and bizarrely has said that her daughter has informed her that her grandmother was....(but her daughter isnt on the site and obviously knows more) Ive had to pull all the stops out to try and convince her what the facts are - it should be simple-this family were the only family with this name in the whole of the north of england at the time,and her anecdotes match-yet she still says its a shame that blah,blah...as if more proof is needed.I even found out about an uncle she didnt know she had who died in the first world war !!

Adding to this thread because I don't want to lose it as I thought the earlier list of unlikely names was quite funny. I tried one myself 'A.N. Other' - and there are an impressive 42 other people with this name that I think are related to mine!!! I must try some other ridiculous and obviously fake names when I get the chance...

SURELY SOME OF THESE MUST BE RELATED THOUGH? 1566 NOTSURE must be related if even only by marriage to the 2871 UNSURE.with mistranscriptions as they are, surely some of the 42 UNCERTAIN's will be UNSUREs or NOT SURE's. In the same way, the 2 Arse's must be mistrancription of the 2 Arseholes, as we all know and understand how names get changesd over the years. PS Can anyone tell me what county NO IDEA is?

Please don't forget the unkowns plus variants. It would also be interesting to see how many birthplaces are top of the list from a drop down menu. I got so cross with site slowness, changing details for my father, that I gave him a Channel Islands birthplace.

Jess Brilliant!! ROFLMAO!! Lynne

It's a shame you can't do a search for birthplaces, as I've got a few 'how the f**k should I know''s or 'could be anywhere''s myself!!

The BIG Q is - if you know someone was born, you dont know their name or where , how on earth can you know 'when' Dont Know 1792 Dont Know Dont Know 1820 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know 1832 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont know 1870 Dont know United Kingdom Dont Know 1885 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know 1886 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know 1890 Dont Know Dont Know 1900 Dont Know Dont Know 1900 Dont Know Dont Know 1900 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont know 1907 Dont Know Dont Know 1909 Dont Know Dont Know 1910 Dont Know Dont know 1916 Dont know United Kingdom Dont Know 1920 Dont Know Dont Know 1923 Dont Know Dont Know Dont Know 1925 Dont Know 1945 Dont Know Dont Know 1950 Dont Know Dont Know 1955 Dont Know Dont Know 1960 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know Dont Know 1960 Dont Know Dont Know 1968 Dont Know Dont Know 1970 Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know 1999 Dont know Dont Know Dont Know Dont Know Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know Dont Know United Kingdom Dont Know Dont Know United States of America

Did anyone find my Peace & Harmony ? GUILTY: of not putting my real name on this site. Elaine ;-)

Just exploring the same theme about members & connections. Has anybody whose membership is or has just expired been subjected to a flurry of 'HOT MATCHES',get contacted and then receive no replies after sending them a message in return,or am I a bit paranoid?