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=== Discoveries === | === Discoveries === | ||
From the information analyzed in the test sample, it was found that in every instance that an individual was found in the FamilySearch family tree without a surname, that record was omitted from the SB&B database. Fifty-three of the 118 records missed in the SB&B index fell into this category. Somehow entries were made in the tree where the surname of an individual could only be identified because they were attached to their parents. This data was evident in the test sample only, and not confirmed in the overall study. | From the information analyzed in the test sample, it was found that in every instance that an individual was found in the FamilySearch family tree without a surname, that record was omitted from the SB&B database. Fifty-three of the 118 records missed in the SB&B index fell into this category. Somehow entries were made in the tree where the surname of an individual could only be identified because they were attached to their parents. This data was evident in the test sample only, and not confirmed in the overall study. | ||
Another common marker noted from information collected from both the test sample and the study showed that 54% of the missing entries in the SB&B were individuals that had ordinance work done in the 1970s. | Another common marker noted from information collected from both the test sample and the study showed that 54% of the missing entries in the SB&B were individuals that had ordinance work done in the 1970s. | ||
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# The SCRI is also available at Family History Centers as a downloadable add-on option. If your local Family History Center does not have the index available on their computers, staff members should be able to download it. | # The SCRI is also available at Family History Centers as a downloadable add-on option. If your local Family History Center does not have the index available on their computers, staff members should be able to download it. | ||
# For those who cannot use the SCRI at the Family History Library or Centers, it can be requested as a resource in the library’s lookup service. | # For those who cannot use the SCRI at the Family History Library or Centers, it can be requested as a resource in the library’s lookup service. | ||
[[Category: Church records in Scotland]] | [[Category: Church records in Scotland]] | ||