[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] database retrieval curiosity

[Gary Warner]

Dan,

I guess we are not yet perfect.   When the database search engine is 
programed from scratch, then we need good eyes to catch errors, and it 
appears you have good eyes.  Thank you for sharing the problem.

I did as you did, and did a normal search in the MPD using just the 
surname Hirsekorn, and I got, as you did, 257 returns.   The problem is 
that there are 252 Hirsekorn records in the MPD database, and with our 
method of making an additional data line to show additional marriages, 
then we should have 274 returns (if my addition is correct).   Here is 
how I manually counted the additions- 12 Hirsekorns were married twice, 
and 5 were married three times each, for a total increase of 22.

Our technical expert will review this and see what the error in 
programming is.

Gary Warner
SGGEE Databases Manager

On 4/30/2013 8:02 AM, DLPratt123 at aol.com wrote:
> When I go to the SGGEE Master Pedigree database and request a retrieval on
> the surname Hirsekorn, I get 257 results.  One of them is for a Berta whose
>   father was Wilhelm Ferdinand, but Wilhelm Ferdinand is not one of the 257
> results.  Several other fathers are missing, and a spot check on children
> shows several unlisted children.  When I do the same retrieval but request
> that the data be sorted by given name (an eminently more sensible thing to
> do),  everyone is present, so far as I know.  The first retrieval has
> numerous  repeated results, some of which can be explained by distinct spouses, but
> not  all.
>   
> Dan Pratt
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