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Two Different Number Counts for an Uploaded GEDCOM.

SAPeterson
SAPeterson ✭
August 22, 2023 edited September 24, 2024 in General Questions

I have a question about an uploaded "Genealogies" file.

After going to the file, in one place it states that there are 10,548 total names in the file (which is correct). When I do a search, the "Results" state that there are 11,096. What is generating that larger number?

Thank you,

Sandy

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  • Gordon Collett
    Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 23, 2023 edited August 23, 2023

    Where is the place where you see the larger number? What is the search request you are doing?

    The one file I currently have uploaded:

    Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 7.32.20 PM.png

    Shows 26 people. But if I search in that tree:

    Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 7.34.36 PM.png Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 7.35.31 PM.png

    I only get 23 because there are three living people in the file. Are you sure that is not what you are seeing?

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  • SAPeterson
    SAPeterson ✭
    August 23, 2023

    I will check the living people count vs the total count, but I don’t think that’s the issue.

    When I get on my computer I’ll send a screenshot of the page with the larger number.

    Thanks

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  • SAPeterson
    SAPeterson ✭
    August 24, 2023 edited August 24, 2023

    I've taken some screen shots to show here for clarification.

    Screenshot 2023-08-24 at 2.08.04 PM.png

    I don't think that the Living people, above, is part of the issue.

    Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 9.08.55 AM.png

    Here's the total Person Count, above.

    Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 9.09.54 AM.png

    When I click on "SEARCH THIS SUBMISSION" on the above screen. It takes me to the below screen, which shows the 11,096 "Results" number near the top left of the screen.

    Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 9.09.34 AM.png

    It's probably not a big deal or problem, but I would like to know where that number comes from.

    Thanks,

    Sandy

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 24, 2023

    I know that if I use Search - Records without filtering for a particular event, it'll often list the same index entry two or three times -- once for the principal, once for a parent or spouse, and possibly again for another parent or other person indexed. Search's count is therefore mostly useless unless I get highly specific (births/baptisms only, within this decade, with these parents, on this film). This is pure speculation, but I think it's possible that the discrepancy in Genealogies is due to a similar situation: perhaps some people are getting counted more than once, because they have multiple spouses, or multiple sets of parents (biological and step, for example), or something along those lines.

    As you said, it's not a highly important question, but it does make one wonder.

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  • Gordon Collett
    Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 24, 2023 edited August 24, 2023

    I do see the same numbers you do:

    Screenshot 2023-08-24 at 3.53.31 PM.png Screenshot 2023-08-24 at 3.55.23 PM.png

    So you are right that it has nothing to do with living people in the file. I haven't the faintest idea what could be going on.

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  • SAPeterson
    SAPeterson ✭
    September 7, 2023

    Thanks, everyone for your comments and insight. I appreciate that you looked at my question.

    -Sandy

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