Questions tagged [accuracy]
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How do I visibly make people aware that a connection is only tenuous and further research is needed?
Is there some sort of standard or accepted manner in which to indicate that an ancestor's connection to your family line is not fully supported. YET! That it is still in research mode. I'm thinking a ...
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What is somebody's "real" surname from a set of possible spelling variants?
How do you decide what is somebody's "real" surname? Is there some hierarchy of data sources that you follow or do you just go by preponderance of usage? I'm talking about spelling variants -- not ...
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Assessing accuracy and confidence in different types of records?
My assumption is that an official country census is probably at the highest level of accuracy as although individuals may report details incorrectly, there is a fair amount of cross checking, but ...
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