TIME FOR MY YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT ~ FAMILY STATISTICS FOR 2016–How Have I Done?

This is a topic first shared by Randy Seaver on his Genea-Musings blog several years ago.  I enjoy seeing my progress for the year, so I’ve taken a look at these numbers for the last 4 years.
 
I can generate this information in Legacy 8 by selecting the “About Legacy” icon and then clicking on General.
 
HERE IS THE REPORT FROM 2015
 



Have I made progress in my research?

• Have I added more people/individuals?
• Do I have more Master Sources?
• How about my source citations, more or not?
• How does my percentage of citations compare to last year?

THIS IS MY REPORT FROM 2016 (created on 12/31/2016) – the build date refers to the date of the last update to my Legacy program.

I see an increase in almost every number, so that’s good news.
 
One of the statistics I’m always interested in is my Citations.  We all know how important it is to cite our sources. Have mine increased from last year to this year?  What is my percentage?  Last year my percentage rate was 225.9”% per person.
 
To get the number for this year,  I divide the Citations by the Number of Individuals – 11492 divided by 5060.
 
That gives me a percentage rate, per person of 227.1%.  That’s an increase of +1.2% from last year.  This means I continue to cite my sources and have improved over last year.  However, I’d like to see an even bigger improvement.  Because, between you and me, I’ve been a little bit lazy when it comes to entering my sources this year.
 
With an increase of 264 people in my database, I should be doing better.
 

Let’s take a look at the other numbers compared to last year.

	2015	2016	CHANGE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS	4796	5060	264
NUMBER OF FAMILIES	1681	1784	103
UNIQUE SURNAMES	1223	1297	74
MASTER SOURCES	703	738	35
CITATIONS	10834	11492	658
MASTER EVENTS	4861	5591	730

I’m happy with what I see.  I’ve added .72 individuals per day, 1.8 citations per day and 2 events per day.
 
My primary goal has never been to see how many people I can have in my tree.  I’ve been researching for 13 years.  Since I’ve been retired these past seven years, I research almost daily.  My primary concern is to document what I find and do thorough work, while growing the tree.  These results prove to me that I am meeting those goals.
 
DO YOU HAVE GOALS FOR 2016?
If so, what are they?

• Better sourcing
• Finding more ancestors and adding them to your tree?
• Going back to review the family members you added long ago?

Whatever they are, I wish you a successful year.
Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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