27 %
Randy Seaver over at the Genea-Musings blog has given us a new
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge which I have chosen to participate in. It
seems not only fun but a good exercise to do every so often in order to see how
my research and genealogy is progressing along.
Here’s what Randy wants us to do:
1) Determine how
complete your genealogy research is. For
background, read Crista Cowan's post Family
History All Done? What’s Your Number? and Kris Stewart's What
Is Your Genealogy "Score?"
For comparison purposes, keep the list to 10 or 11 generations with you
as the first person.
2) Create a table
similar to Crista's second table, and fill it in however you can (you could
create an Ahnentafel (Ancestor Name) list and count the number in each
generation, or use some other method).
Tell us how you calculated the numbers.
3) Show us your
table, and calculate your "Ancestral Score" - what is your percentage
of known names to possible names (1,023 for 10 generations).
4) For extra
credit (or more SNGF), do more generations and add them to your chart.
5) Post your
table, and your "Ancestor Score," on your own blog, in a comment to
this post, or in a Facebook Status post or Google+ Stream post.
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Here is my Ancestor Table:
I calculated the number of identified people by running
an Ahnentafel in my RM program and then going through and counting the names in
each generation. My score is 27%!
It probably would be higher if I included the research of
other people, including my grandfather. But I keep his research in a separate
tree file until I can find the sources to back the information up.
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What's My Number?
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Generation
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Relationship
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Possible People
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Identified People
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1
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Me
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1
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1
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2
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Parents
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2
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2
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3
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Grandparents
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4
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4
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4
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1x Great-Grandparents
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8
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8
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5
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2x Great-Grandparents
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16
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16
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6
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3x Great-Grandparents
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32
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30
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7
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4x Great-Grandparents
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64
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49
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8
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5x Great-Grandparents
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128
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59
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9
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6x Great-Grandparents
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256
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59
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10
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7x Great-Grandparents
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512
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55
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Total
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283/1023 = 27%
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1,023
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283
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