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Question

How accurate is the Leeds method for genealogy sorting?

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Welcome to WikiTree, Alice. You have come to what I think is the best place on the internet to work together to form one large tree. I'm going to add a couple of tags to your question to get the attention of people who can answer it. I look forward to seeing your twig grow within the branches of WikiTree.

Answer 1

Alice,

I do not think that accuracy is the best term to use for the Leeds method, but convenience may be a better one.  It is useful and convenient.  Accuracy depends on the user more than the method.  All it really does is serve as a way of sorting matches into groups, so when you have several hundred matches having a sorting method is helpful.

I find that trying to use Leeds on Ancestry Thru Lines is only barely useful as there are not enough codes available for my use.  In a spread sheet, no problem and using Genealogical DNA Analysis Tool no problem.

I would suggest that you add your DNA test to Gedmatch - it is free and will help finding matches.  And of course please add your family to Wikitree as soon as possible at least back to some open profiles. 

Answer 2

Welcome to the WikiTree community and G2G Forum, Alice!