Record counts for a place don't add up to reported total

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Record counts for a place don't add up to reported total #2624

Open richardofsussex opened 1 year ago

richardofsussex commented 1 year ago

[reported by Andrew Turvey]

Taking https://www.freereg.org.uk/freereg_contents/53cd4999eca9ebee4f00b8dd/show_place?locale=en as an example, the individual record counts add up to 452, while the reported total is 522:

Sandra-AW commented 3 months ago

I believe the missing numbers are due to data lines in the baptism files which only have a birthdate and no baptism date.

I am sending this to needs review in the hope that my theory can be corroborated.

DeniseColbert commented 2 months ago

@jayto581 will take a look to see if it's something he can work on. Is the reason for the discrepancy due to Sandra's suggestion?