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New surname profiling website
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mgnv | Report | 2 Sep 2008 06:19 |
I don't have a feel for UK postal codes - they didn't exist in my day, and I haven't tried the site - it's shut down till 2 am tomorrow, but you've got to do something like that. E.g., take a typical set of cockney names (Davies, Evans, Jones, LLoyd, Morgan, Rees, Thomas, Williams). There's only one county in the UK with more of these guys than Middlesex (viz, Glamorgan), but if you don't take some account of population, you wind up with this sort of rubbish. In fact, the 1881 Middx population of these 8 names exceeds the population of 6 of the Welsh counties. |
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Heather | Report | 1 Sep 2008 22:05 |
Not sure what you mean mgnv? |
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mgnv | Report | 1 Sep 2008 20:40 |
The north begins at Watford, eh. |
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Heather | Report | 31 Aug 2008 14:08 |
This isnt the same as that other rubbish one that came out a year or two back is it, where you can have the biggest percentage of your name in the highlands of Scotland if only 2 people are there out of a population of 20? But if you have 300 in London it doesnt even show as a percentage of such a large population. |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 31 Aug 2008 12:46 |
I think they are a victim of their publicity machine. |
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ElizabethK | Report | 30 Aug 2008 12:53 |
It was announced on Radio 4 this morning so I expect it will be busy!! |
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KeithInFujairah | Report | 30 Aug 2008 11:03 |
Maureen I am getting database busy error messages as well. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 30 Aug 2008 10:49 |
Just had a look, Works fine for me. |
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Maureen | Report | 30 Aug 2008 10:31 |
I have just read in the Daily Mail about a new website launched today that profiles surnames. Has anyone seen the article & tried to access the site yet? I have but am getting error messages! |