Match potential?

Okay, I've been reading everyone's encouraging words to get more members to make more entries on the LC site. I'm at 392 entries and for the first time I noticed this little phrase on the page: Your match potential is: 1.6404 Does that mean I have a 1.64 percent chance of a match?

 

Pretty good estimate, Peter. You show 4.86. I have 6 matches on my One Name Study, but one is my personal tree!

 

Right I looked at my account and I am failing on all sides...........am off to add more relatives. So much to do and so little time but saying that I have a few days off work with a knee problem so there is no excuse. (could be off with repetitive strain in my wrist at this rate!!)

 

Well I seem to be doing really well 'cos my match potential is 2.9 and I've already had 6 contacts plus 2 no replies - not bad eh !

 

I am doing okay with my research, and am working hard to add my ancestors to the Lost Cousins site.......but I wont have as many 'cousins' as some members because my mother is German and so none of her family appear in any of our censuses or records My match potential is low at the moment and I am not sure if it will rise. Feeling a little knackered and despondent right now..............but don't worry I wont give up

 

Sorry to hear that Carla. Hopefully you'll pick up when the sun comes out again. Just go easy on the wine

 

Hi everyone...thanks for the support. Every time I log on I seem to find more relatives to add and now I know what Peter means (hysterical laughter!!). I have already filled out the chart you suggested, Peter, and that's what is helping to realise how little I have actually entered . Don't worry I am ploughing on, but after this week I will have to do the 'little and often' bit.

On a good note the 'cousin' I found a few days ago after entering one particular entry on Lost Cousins shares ggg grandparents with me. We had brief contact a few years ago but neither of us had done a lot of research about that particular ancestral line so we didn't have much to share. As can happen in that situation we didn't stay in contact, so both of us are really excited to be back in touch, particularly as we have both done more research since . If it hadn't been for the encouragement from Peter, and all of you on here, I would not have restarted adding ancestors and found the connection, so thank you very much. The 'cousin' and I are determined to stay in good contact and will be exchanging information about the family shortly.

Just one question.....I am just about to add information about an ancestor who was in the Workhouse in 1881. I know that the Q&A states

but should i also add everyone else who was in that institute or just my ancestor? (No one else in that Workhouse is connected to my ancestor). It would mean adding an awful lot of unconnected people if I did so! Sorry am a bit confused who to add

 

I am only at about 1.8 cousins but have been fortunate enough to do better than that in making matches on the LC site and others. However it is frustrating that all my "cousins" are connected through very few relatives ( all women) . My father's paternal family is my chief brick wall , ( his mother is my real gold mine strangely enough) he was an only child and it appears that his father, Arthur was the only one of four boys to survive. One of his brothers died accidentally as a young adult and I can't find anything definite on the other two past about 1901. In addition as Peter helped me work out early on in my quest it appears that Arthur's father started life as "Welford" and died as Wilford the name I consider my own. I have been so enriched by what I've found on the parts of my tree that are well developed that I continue to hope to learn more about the barer branches.