I have a name-bearer who immigrated to New York, USA in 1923. He died after the 1940 census of New York, USA. His wife died 1971 in NY, USA, which I learned from the SSDI. Although he appears to meet all the criteria associated with gaining a mention in the SSDI, I have been unable to find my name-bearer there. If he died before 1962, he will [Click to continue…]

Over the last 170 years the industries we work in have changed. Developments in technology and other social factors have changed the way we work and the types of work that we do. Leading us to the shape of the industrial landscape today where, in 2011, services were the dominant industries in England and Wales and fewer than one in 100 people [Click to continue…]

Introduction Studies into the more frequent names can have large amounts of data and reconstructing all the lineages is a problematic task. This page will look at the work being undertaken to look at using automated tools to assist. Aim The aim is to have a set of algorithms that can be used to build an application that will read data sets and [Click to continue…]

Pedigree collapse WaitButWhy is an interesting blog on a variety of mathematical topics, including this one on Pedigree collapse and ancestor cones. Do read down to the bottom, especially the section headed Party's Over.  See also the ISOGG Wiki page on pedigree collapse. How many lineages for an occupational surname? Chandler ONS Estimating [Click to continue…]

Collating genealogical information on unrelated families requires some form of lineage labelling system to assist in organising your data, allow quick searching and data retrieval, and allow others to communicate easily with you about which lineage they are referring to. Many one-namers have a system that was developed when their study was in an [Click to continue…]