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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -33 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • -12,134 New Entries have been added and,
  • -12,812 Relatives have been matched.
Bit of a strange week as far as the data goes. A member has asked Peter to remove all their entries so that they can re-enter them. This has caused a bit of havoc with the data!
And Peter is still cleaning the database so we did have 7 new members join this week. The number of matches has reduced because of the way it is calculated - it isn't a real reduction.

Always good to see New Members joining. Peter is still closing dormant and duplicate accounts so the numbers don't reflect all the good work that members are doing.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -29 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 2,031 New Entries have been added and,
  • 11 Relatives have been matched.
This data for 2 weeks.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning and a member starting his entries again. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.

Always good to see New Members joining. Peter is still closing dormant and duplicate accounts so the numbers don't reflect all the good work that members are doing.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -118 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 532 New Entries have been added and,
  • -135 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning and a member starting his entries again. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.
Peter has removed 128 dormant accounts so we have had 10 new members join.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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I should also mention that because of the way it is calculated, there is a fall shown in the number of matched relatives even though the number actually increased over the week.
 
canadianbeth said:
I added a few new entries in the past couple of weeks, but as usual, no matches.
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It all depends which census you're using - when you enter someone from the England & Wales 1881 the chance of an immediate match is almost 1 in 12, but the odds are not so good for other censuses. This is why I encourage members to track their collateral lines through to 1881.
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -36 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 572 New Entries have been added and,
  • -48 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
upload_2024-6-7_10-17-0.png
 
There were 50 unused or duplicate accounts closed over the week, which means that 14 new member joined.
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 4 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 517 New Entries have been added and,
  • 40 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.
This is the 1st week for awhile where all the numbers have been positive!

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -38 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 588 New Entries have been added and,
  • 5 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
upload_2024-6-21_11-17-19.png
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -55 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 468 New Entries have been added and,
  • -19 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
upload_2024-6-28_23-5-19.png
 
Red Dragon said:
- ere55 New Members joined the LostCousins site
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During the week there were 67 accounts closed which were no longer used, or had always been duplicates, so there were 12 new members joining.

What really matters, however, is not the number of members, but how many relatives each of them has entered from the 1881 Census, and that's something that most forum members could help with, either by adding more relatives themselves, or by encouraging others to do so. We can't all be a Superstar or a Megastar like Red Dragon, but there aren't many members of the forum who couldn't achieve Star status by entering more of their ancestors' cousins.

What I find intriguing I that I know about far more of my ancestors' cousins in 1881 than my ancestors did! I'm sure it's the ame for most of us.
 
Red Dragon said:
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -55 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 468 New Entries have been added and,
  • -19 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
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Please can Peter let Red Dragon know what the figures are each week for members that he has deleted and the associated matches removed so that Red can adjust his figures to be more meaningful? Thanks.
 
Bryman said:
Please can Peter let Red Dragon know what the figures are each week for members that he has deleted and the associated matches removed so that Red can adjust his figures to be more meaningful? Thanks.
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Unfortunately I can't do all of this - it would involve a lot of extra work, and it wouldn't actually benefit anyone. I will, however, continue to provide the number of closed accounts each week.
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • -44 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 1057 New Entries have been added and,
  • -51 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust.
There have been 10 New Members join.
Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
upload_2024-7-6_13-16-49.png
 
Hi Everyone!

Here's a weekly update on how well people have been doing over at LostCousins.
  • 13 New Members joined the LostCousins site
  • 1157 New Entries have been added and,
  • 68 Relatives have been matched.
Data is still in a state of turmoil and difficult to report on, due to the effects of Peter cleaning. It will take some time for the data and the graph to readjust. But all numbers are positive this week.

Always good to see New Members joining.
New Members mean New Entries, and New Entries mean New Matches. Everyone wins.

Good Luck Everyone!

Here's a graph showing the activity over at the Lost Cousins site
upload_2024-7-12_9-49-4.png
 
There were no account closures this week as I've been working on two major case studies for the next newsletter. So the figures reported are, for once, representative.
 
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