tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2356605213840874857..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Do Search Engines Provide What You Request?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-42733143685049651392014-07-31T19:51:16.582-07:002014-07-31T19:51:16.582-07:00Randy,
There is always a trade off between PRECISI...Randy,<br />There is always a trade off between PRECISION and RECALL. Recall is finding everything you want. Precision is finding nothing you don't want. As one is enhanced by your search strategy/search engine, the other is minimized. We all need to learn to adjust our search strategies to find the happy medium. Actually, we need to decide if we want to retrieve everything possible or only something very specific.Dr Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774555636055110063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-63962523588098856922014-07-31T07:40:55.630-07:002014-07-31T07:40:55.630-07:00Randy,
I just did a blog post to see if I saw wha...Randy,<br /><br />I just did a blog post to see if I saw what you saw<br /><br />http://ftmuser.blogspot.com/2014/07/re-do-search-engines-provide-what-you.html<br /><br />RussCousin Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-4856609635027538932014-07-31T04:26:47.185-07:002014-07-31T04:26:47.185-07:00I had one on familysearch that way, just this week...I had one on familysearch that way, just this week. Anna B Anderson, born in Illinois, circa 1899, shows up, in the 1900 and 1910 census in Illinois this way, I could not find her in the 1920 census at all. did she pass on? Marry? etc? I took out the Anna B, just did a search with Anderson as the surname, Frank as her father, still nothing for Anna. I took out born in Illinois,added the gender as female, below and then found on page 3, Bernice Anderson, born in Illinois 1899 now in Texas, with Frank and rest of the family. Why would it not of populated this, with Illinois as the birth state and non gender? I do not know, but, I now change many variables, if the first search criteria does not produce results.Jimcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663271603249130537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-51639056903712991542014-07-30T21:54:22.198-07:002014-07-30T21:54:22.198-07:00Very interesting post Randy. First of all, I rare...Very interesting post Randy. First of all, I rarely use the wildcard feature. And I cannot even remember the last time I checked the "exact" box in my search. This may be why I get too many hits that don't match. Of course I can then narrow it down by adding more information. <br />It's interesting how we all search. I'm more of a broad net first, then zoom in by adding fields. Guess I have the infamous FOMO (fear of missing out). LOL!<br />I too appreciate the suggestions in the right hand column and find many records that way. <br />Thank you for sharing this as it has given me a new thought process on my own searches. <br />Happy hunting,<br />DianeDiane Gould Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362418860289987479noreply@blogger.com