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This page complements our weekly statistics by adding commentary to the tables and highlighting some of our collective achievements.

Commentary 17 September 2024 (data download to week ending 14 September 2024)

We had a quieter week in terms of creating new England profiles (8,829), but an impressive one in many other respects. ‘Unknown County’ profiles reduced by over 1,800; and ‘Identifiable Locations’ are now under 7,000 as detailed in the table on our Locations Clean Up page.

133 Unknowns were identified, which was our best week of 2024 by some distance. (Our previous best was 110.)

We has a steady week of fixing suggestions with over 2,200 sorted, and a quieter week for sourcing. No doubt some of our members are preparing for the Source-A-Thon which will run from 4th to 7th October.

Our ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Kent, Westmorland, Hertfordshire and Suffolk
Connections: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire and Devon
Suggestions: Suffolk, Wiltshire, Herefordshire and London
Unknowns: Worcestershire, Rutland, Sussex and Westmorland

Thanks to all for your efforts.

Commentary 10 September 2024 (data download to week ending 7 September 2024)

Almost 10,000 new England profiles were added in the week. Almost 600 of them were ‘Unknown County’ profiles. Even though we continue to improve location fields (over 300 were sorted last week), our net ‘Unknown County’ figure increased. (This was the first net increase we have seen in 15 weeks, which has been an impressive run.)

For the fifth consecutive week, we sourced over 1,000 profiles; although our net count of Unsourced profiles increased slightly. During the period, a number of profiles have been flagged as ‘Unsourced’ as members prepare for the Source-A-Thon at the start of October.

We had a good week for dealing with Suggestions; over 2,600 were fixed. We continue to chip away steadily at Unknowns.

Our ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: City of London, Kent, Suffolk and London
Connections: Northumberland, Herefordshire, Devon and City of London
Suggestions: Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, City of London and London
Unknowns: Sussex, Worcestershire, Bristol and Northumberland

Thanks to all members for their contributions.

Commentary 4 September 2024 (data download to week ending 31 August 2024)

We continue our strong run of sourcing. Last week, we sourced over 1300 profiles, our best week of 2024, significantly beating our previous high by 166 profiles.

We also maintained our ongoing improvement of Unknown County profiles. Last week’s net reduction was over 1,600. There are now under 10,000 of these profiles with an ‘Identifiable Location’ (ie they contain more than just ‘England’ or ‘England, United Kingdom’) which means we have sorted out the location fields for over 100,000 ‘Unknown County’ profiles over the past 19 months.

The percentages of Unconnected Profiles and Unknowns have again reduced to new record lows.

For the first time in 19 weeks, we saw a net increase in our Suggestions. There was a marked increase in location suggestions as one member orphaned over 1,500 England profiles that were missing ‘England’ at the end of the location fields. (This suggestion warning only identifies orphaned profiles.)

Our ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Kent, Bristol, City of London and (County of) London
Connections: Westmorland, County Durham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Suggestions: Northamptonshire, Rutland, Kent and Suffok
Unknowns: Sussex, Westmorland, Shropshire and Huntingdonshire

Thank you to all our members for improving the quality of the tree.

Commentary 28 August 2024 (data download to week ending 24 August 2024)

We are sourcing profiles as an impressive rate. Last week was our second highest of the year (and the last 3 weeks have been the best three weeks of 2024).

There was also a marked reduction in Unknown County profiles by 2,360 as members continue to improve the formatting of profiles with ‘Identifiable locations’.

The percentages of Unconnected Profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns have again reduced to new record lows, albeit smaller reductions than in recent weeks.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Westmorland, Bristol, London and Leicestershire
Connections: Devon, Northumberland, Bristol and Cambridgeshire
Suggestions: Kent, Westmorland, City of London and Northumberland
Unknowns: Westmorland, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent

Thanks to all for their contributions.

Commentary 21 August 2024 (data download to week ending 17 August 2024)

We continue to make good progress.

We saw a net improvement in three of our four quality measures. (There was a relatively small increase in unconnected profiles.) We had our third best week of the year for sourcing profiles (1,020) and a good week for identifying Unknowns (93).

Our Unknown County profiles reduced for the 12th consecutive week. “Identifiable profiles” (ie those with something in the location field other than “England” or ”England, United Kingdom”) are now down to 16,210 of which about 1,700 are properly formatted, but are one of either the post-1974 counties or the ancient counties which are not yet recognised by Wikitree systems.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Westmorland, London, City of London and Rutland
Connections: Devon, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire and Lancashire
Suggestions: City of London, Lincolnshire, Kent and Bedfordshire
Unknowns: Bedfordshire, Sussex, Cheshire and Oxfordshire

Thanks to all project members for their ongoing efforts.

Commentary 13 August 2024 (data download to week ending 10 August 2024)

We have had an outstanding week!

For the first time this year, we saw a net improvement in all four quality measures. Not only that, but we had our best week of the year in terms of Profiles Sourced (1,137), Profiles Connected (2,229) and Unknowns Identified (110).

We also saw our Unknown County profiles reduce by over 1,000 and “Identifiable profiles” (ie those with something in the location field other than “England” or ”England, United Kingdom”) are now down to just under 17,400.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Middlesex, Bristol, London and Lincolnshire
Connections: Devon, Cumberland, Westmorland and Cheshire
Suggestions: Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Rutland and Westmorland
Unknowns: Bedfordshire, Kent, Sussex and Shropshire

Thanks to everyone who is working to improve the English branch of the tree.

Commentary 6 August 2024 (data download to week ending 3 August 2024)

With the Connect-a-Thon behind us, we had a fairly typical week for adding new profiles (9,700). Our collective focus moved on from growth reverting to improving profiles.

We continued the positive trend of improving ‘Unknown County Profiles’ with a net reduction of over 1,600. This takes ‘Unknown County’ down to 5.8% of England profiles. “Identifiable profiles” (ie those with something in the location field other than “England” or ”England United Kingdom”) is now under 19,000, which is less than 0.5% of the England total.

We had a strong week for sourcing (almost 1,000 profiles sourced); identifying Unknowns (93) and for connecting (over 1,600). It was one of our quieter weeks for fixing suggestions, although we continue to make progress; the percentage of profiles with a suggestion is now at a record low at under 2.66%.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Middlesex, City of London, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.
Connections: Cambridgeshire, Cumberland and Cheshire
Suggestions: City of London, Cornwall, London and Northamptonshire
Unknowns: Bedfordshire, Kent and County Durham

We continue to make excellent progress. Thanks to everyone who is contributing. Your efforts are appreciated.

Commentary 31 July 2024 (data download to week ending 27 July 2024)

The second half of the Connect-a-Thon gave us the usual boost of new profiles with an intake for the week of almost 14,800.

Against this backdrop, we might have expected an increase in ‘Unknown County’ profiles; but we saw a net reduction of over 2,800 over the week as members continue to work on improving location fields.

We had a steady week for sourcing. The progress we made in fixing Suggestions, connecting Unconnected profiles and identifying Unknowns was better than average in all 3 cases.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Surrey, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
Connections: Kent, Warwickshire and Cheshire
Suggestions: City of London, London and Middlesex
Unknowns: Cheshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

We are growing the tree considerably and continue to see quality improvements week after week. The efforts of all our members are appreciated

Commentary 24 July 2024 (data download to week ending 20 July 2024)

The first half of the Connect-a-Thon delivered its usual surge of new England profiles. Last week’s intake of over 15,000 was one of the highest this year.

The ‘Unknown County’ profiles showed a considerable net reduction over the week; of almost 5000 profiles! This impressive reduction takes the percentage of our Unknown County profiles to under 6% of the England total.

Over and above this, we had another excellent week for sourcing (1055 profiles) setting a new high score for sourcing so far this this year; and our Suggestions figure continues to reduce at pace with 2,300 Suggestions fixed. There was also a small net reduction in Unconnected profiles. The only category to show an increase was Unknowns, which we would typically expect to see during a Connect-a-Thon. Overall we have had a very good week.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Surrey, Westmorland and Middlesex. (For 2 weeks in a row, we have seen very high numbers of sources added to Surrey profiles)
Connections: Kent, Herefordshire and Suffolk (Kent showed a significant reduction in Unconnected profiles)
Suggestions: City of London, Kent and Sussex
Unknowns: City of London, Huntingdonshire and Northumberland

We are growing the tree each week at the same time as we see marked improvements in quality. Thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Commentary 17 July 2024 (data download to week ending 13 July 2024)

The last few weeks have been relatively quiet in terms of creating new England profiles but great in terms of cleaning up the existing ones! We can expect a significant surge in new profiles in the next two weeks from the Connect-a-Thon.

Our ‘Unknown County’ figure reduced by over 100 last week, which was encouraging. A new Locations Clean Up Page has been created to make it easier for members who want to continue improving location fields for England profiles.

On the sourcing front, we had an fantastic week. 1019 profiles were sourced, which was our best week so far this year. We also had yet another excellent 7 days for fixing Suggestions with almost 3000 sorted. It was a relatively quiet period for identifying Unknowns and for Connecting, although as a percentage of total profiles, they are both at record lows, as is our Suggestions figure.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Surrey, City of London and Bedfordshire
Connections: Devon, Kent and Gloucestershire
Suggestions: (County of) London, City of London and Kent
Unknowns: Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset

We continue to make great progress. Thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Commentary 9 July 2024 (data download to week ending 6 Jul 2024)

Over the past 6 weeks, we have reduced ‘Unknown County’ profiles by over 44,127 profiles. This is a net figure. With about 300 new Unknown County profiles added each week, we probably improved the location fields on about 46,000 profiles.

Over this period, ‘Unsourced’ stickers were added to a considerable proportion of these profiles; our net Unsourced figure has increased by almost 6,000. People have already started to turn their attention to sourcing; with almost 800 profiles sourced. The week was our fourth best for sourcing this calendar year.

The impressive drive to reduce Suggestions continues. Over 3,000 Suggestions were improved in the week.

65 Unknowns were identified. As a percentage of total profiles, Unconnected profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns are at record lows.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for delivering improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Worcestershire, City of London and Huntingdonshire
Connections: Buckinghamshire, Essex and Oxfordshire
Suggestions: City of London, Norfolk and (County of) London
Unknowns: Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Northumberland

Thanks to everyone for their ongoing contributions.

Commentary 3 July 2024 (data download to week ending 29 June 2024)

The June Challenge focussed on improving our ‘Unknown County’ profiles. For the period 29 May to 29 June we have reduced them by over 42,000. Over the last week, these profiles decreased by 11,288, our highest weekly reduction ever.

As part of the clean-up, we have identified profiles that need sourcing, adding ‘Unsourced’ stickers to them so that they should receive attention in the future. Consequently, over the 5 week period, Unsourced profiles have seen a net increase of almost 5,400.

The focus on locations, amongst other things, have helped make significant inroads into the Suggestions figures, which are now well under 3% of our total profiles. See the Data Doctors update for more details.

We continue to work away steadily sourcing (over 600 profiles sourced in the week). Almost 70 Unknowns were identified and our Unconnected figure again reduced. As a percentage of total profiles, both measures are at record lows.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: City of London, Middlesex and Westmorland
Connections: Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire
Suggestions: Sussex, City of London and (County of) London
Unknowns: Huntingdonshire, Wiltshire and Cumberland

Fantastic progress. A great team effort!

Commentary 25 June 2024 (data download to week ending 22 June 2024)

In the third full week of the June challenge, we reduced our ‘Unknown County’ profiles by over 9,900 profiles. Over the last 4 weeks, the total has dropped by over 30,000, a significant improvement to the England branch of the tree. As part of this clean-up, we continue to identify profiles that are unsourced and have been adding stickers so that these profiles should receive attention in the future.

We have a particularly good week for adding sources (over 700 in the week); and fixed almost 3,800 Suggestions, the second highest week of 2024. We continue to identify Unknowns (almost 70 in the week) and connected 1260 profiles.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Westmorland, County Durham and Northamptonshire
Connections: Derbyshire, Wiltshire and Nottinghamshire
Suggestions: City of London, (County of) London and Warwickshire
Unknowns: City of London, Northamptonshire and Worcestershire

Thanks to everyone for the improvements they are making to the tree.

Commentary 18 June 2024 (data download to week ending 15 June 2024)

In the second full week of the June challenge, we reduced our ‘Unknown County’ profiles by an impressive 9,267 profiles. Over the last 3 weeks, the total has dropped by over 20,800.

Many of the profiles we are improving are old and unsourced. We have a good week for sourcing (many of the profiles are being sourced to clarify the birth location) but our ‘Unsourced’ numbers have increased because Unsourced ‘stickers’ are being added meaning that the profiles have been flagged for attention in the future.

Over 2,500 Suggestions were fixed in the week taking the percentage of England profiles with a Suggestion to under 3% for the first time. We had a steady week for Connecting and identifying Unknowns.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: City of London, Cheshire and Middlesex
Connections: City of London, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire
Suggestions: City of London, (County of) London and Sussex
Unknowns: Huntingdonshire, Cumberland and Northumberland

We continue to make excellent progress. Thanks to all members for their contributions.

Commentary 11 June 2024 (data download to week ending 8 June 2024)

Our most significant achievement this week has been the staggering reduction of ‘Unknown County’ profiles. Thanks to the efforts of well over 40 project members, we have cleared 9,364 profiles and allocated them to a county. (This is on top of over 2300 profiles cleaned the previous week.) Thanks to everyone who has been involved, whether tidying up their own watchlist or working on county profiles. The challenge runs to the end of June and there are considerable numbers of profiles to improve. If you can spare some time to help improve the tree, please join us. Details are here https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Connect_England%21

We continue to fix Suggestions at an impressive rate; last week 2,874 were sorted! Sourcing has ‘taken a back seat’ while we focus on allocating profiles to counties; and our ‘Unsourced’ numbers have increased considerably as a significant number of stickers have been added when we were cleaning up locations. We had a steady week for connecting and identifying Unknowns.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) for improvements in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Suffolk, Somerset and City of London
Connections: Worcestershire, Cheshire and Lancashire
Suggestions: Rutland, City of London and (County of) London
Unknowns: Berkshire, Northumberland and Hertfordshire

Thanks to all of you for your contributions

Commentary 5 June 2024 (data download to week ending 1 June 2024)

This was one of our quieter weeks for adding new profiles but we continue to fix Suggestions at a staggering rate. We have sorted over 3,000 for each of the last 3 weeks! We had one of our quieter weeks for Connecting and identifying Unknowns; and we ‘Unsource’ (ie label profiles as Unsourced) at a faster rate than we are Sourcing.

We launched the Unknown County Challenge on 1 June and our ‘Unknown County’ figure for the week fell by 2,261. This was our highest reduction since April 2023, when we last ran the challenge. The number is particularly impressive as the challenge only started at the end of the week. The response to the challenge has been tremendous with 40 members participating to date. If you can spare some time to tidy up a few location fields to improve the tree, please join us.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Gloucestershire, Middlesex and Suffolk
Connections: Shropshire, Buckinghamshire and City of London
Suggestions: City of London, Somerset and (County of) London
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire, Worcestershire and Wiltshire

Thank you to all our members for their contributions.

Commentary 28 May 2024 (data download to week ending 25 May 2024)

The week before last was our best this year for resolving Suggestions - over 3,300 were sorted. That pales into relative insignificance with last week’s improvement – a staggering 4,633 Suggestions fixed! Over 9,800 new profiles were added and we had a steady week for Connecting, while we ticked along with Sourcing and resolving Unknowns.

A significant number of Link Errors (over 1,000) were added to our Suggestions last week; and over 1,100 new Unsourced profiles were identified as members highlight profiles that need more attention.

The ‘Unknown County’ total stands at 302, 349. The England Project Challenge for June targets a significant reduction in this number. We are hoping for good levels of participation from our members. Every little helps!

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Suffolk, Worcestershire and Herefordshire
Connections: Leicestershire, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Suggestions: Somerset, City of London and Cornwall
Unknowns: Northumberland, Staffordshire and Worcestershire

Thank you to all members who have been working to improve the tree.

Commentary 21 May 2024 (data download to week ending 18 May 2024)

Last week was our best so far this year for resolving Suggestions with over 3,300 fixed, beating our previous ‘record’ by over 250. We had one of our quieter weeks for adding new profiles and for Sourcing but made steady progress in identifying Unknowns and Connecting.

Each week, more England ‘Unknown County’ profiles are added to our total. We now have over 302,000 profiles which contain a location field that can’t be allocated to one of our counties. The Challenge in June will target a significant reduction in this number.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Suffolk, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire
Connections: Yorkshire, Cheshire and Northamptonshire
Suggestions: City of London, Warwickshire and Somerset
Unknowns: Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Herefordshire

Thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Commentary 14 May 2024 (data download to week ending 11 May 2024)

Outside the Connect-A-Thon weeks, we had our best week so far this year for adding profiles (10,529 new England profiles created). We made steady progress in all the quality measures, although ‘Unsourcing’ continues at a faster rate than we are sourcing and we again saw an overall percentage increase in this category.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Cheshire, Middlesex and Gloucestershire
Connections: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire
Suggestions: City of London, London and County Durham
Unknowns: Worcestershire, Cheshire and Huntingdonshire

Thanks to everyone for their efforts to grow and improve the tree.

Commentary 7 May 2024 (data download to week ending 4 May 2024)

Another good week in which almost 10,000 new profiles were created. We had a steady week for Connecting, fixing Suggestions and identifying Unknowns; and the overall percentages in these three categories are at record lows. Our ‘Unknown County’ profiles increased but the percentage of these profiles is now under 7.3% of total England profiles, down from 7.5% at the start of the year.

With over 850 profiles improved, this was our third best week of the year for sourcing. As last week, some members have been ‘Unsourcing’ profiles (highlighting them as inadequately sourced so that they are will receive attention); so we again saw an overall percentage increase in this category.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Bedfordshire, City of London and Herefordshire
Connections: Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and City of London
Suggestions: City of London, Herefordshire and London
Unknowns: Bristol, Shropshire and Lancashire

We continue to make good progress; everyone’s contributions are appreciated.

Commentary 23 Apr 2024 (data download to week ending 20 April 2024)

The second week of the Connect-a-Thon was another excellent week. Over 15,200 profiles were created and we again sourced over 1000 ‘Unsourced’ profiles (beating the previous week by 2!). We connected almost 2,000 profiles and identified over 60 ‘Unknowns’.

Typically during a Thon, we see the creation of issues that need resolving as contributors who aren’t familiar with England Profile Standards or English locations add profiles that need attention. It is encouraging that, despite this, the overall measures of quality that we track continued to improve last week to new record levels.

The ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories again had particularly good weeks in improving their position:

Profiles Sourced: Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Middlesex
Connections: Herefordshire, Lancashire and Devon
Suggestions: Herefordshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Unknowns: Cheshire, Northumberland and Buckinghamshire

Commentary 10 Apr 2024 (data download to week ending 6 April 2024)

Last week was our best week so far this year for ‘Unknowns’ with 99 identified. We saw net reductions in Unsourced, Suggestions and Unknowns; and there was also a welcome net decrease in the ‘England Unknown County’ figure. As explained last week, properly formatted ‘Great Britain’ (1707-1800) profiles are now allocated to the correct county.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Middlesex, Worcestershire and Cheshire
Connections: Devon, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire
Suggestions: Sussex, Buckinghamshire and (County of) London
Unknowns: Devon, Berkshire and Shropshire

Onwards and upwards! Thanks to everyone for their efforts.

Commentary 3 Apr 2024 (data download to week ending 30 March 2024)

We had our best week so far this year for Suggestions with an impressive 3,077 fixed. Total England Suggestions expressed as a percentage of England profiles is now under 3.4%, a record low, having stood at 4.7% last July after a number of new Suggestion types had been added.

We had a solid week for new profiles with almost 9,300 created and continue to make steady improvements in the other categories.

The ‘England Unknown County’ figure increases by a few hundred most weeks, but is declining as a percentage of total profiles. Changes have been made so that, from next week, properly formatted ‘Great Britain’ (1707-1800) profiles will now be allocated to the correct county. The overall numbers of affected profiles are relatively small but the amendment is very welcome as we strive to improve the quality of the database.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Northumberland, Middlesex and Worcestershire
Connections: Buckinghamshire, County Durham and Surrey
Suggestions: Leicestershire, (County of) London and County Durham
Unknowns: Cheshire, Worcestershire and Derbyshire

It is inspiring to see the so many improvements being made to the England branch of the tree. Thanks to all our members.

Commentary 27 March 2024 (data download to week ending 23 March 2024)

Another good week for new profiles with almost 10,000 created. The percentages of Unsourced profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns are at record lows, although the percentage of Unconnected profiles slipped slightly.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Northumberland, Middlesex and Westmorland
Connections: Buckinghamshire, Northumberland and Somerset
Suggestions: Berkshire. (County of) London and Nottinghamshire
Unknowns: Leicestershire, Northumberland and Westmorland

Thanks to all our members for their ongoing efforts to grow and improve the tree.

Commentary 20 March 2024 (data download to week ending 16 March 2024)

The number of profiles created in the week rose yet again, with over 10,400 created. In addition, we continued to improve the percentages of Unconnected profiles, Suggestions, Unknowns, and Unsourced profiles.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Leicestershire, Lancashire and Westmorland
Connections: Buckinghamshire, Devon and Berkshire
Suggestions: City of London, Lancashire and Cumberland
Unknowns: Devon, Leicestershire and Herefordshire

Thanks to our members for ongoing contributions.

Commentary 12 March 2024 (data download to week ending 9 March 2024)

Note Wendy’s comment on latest challenge

Another good week for new profiles with over 10,000 created. We continued to improve the percentages of Unconnected profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns, although the percentage of Unsourced profiles slipped slightly.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Yorkshire, Westmorland and Cheshire
Connections: Devon, Cheshire and Staffordshire
Suggestions: City of London, Northumberland and Bristol
Unknowns: Devon, Westmorland and Cumberland

Thanks to our members for ongoing contributions.

Commentary 5 March 2024 (data download to week ending 2 March 2024)

A good week for new profiles with over 9,800 created. The percentages of Unconnected profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns are at record low levels; and with a good week this week, we may see a similarly impressive figure for the percentage of Unsourced profiles. The percentage of ‘England Unknown County’ profiles is also at an all-time low.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Leicestershire, Lancashire and Cheshire
Connections: Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire and Leicestershire
Suggestions: Worcestershire, City of London and Cambridgeshire
Unknowns: Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire and Westmorland

Thanks to our members for the ongoing improvements they are making to the tree.

Commentary 28 February 2024 (data download to week ending 24 February 2024)

One of our quitter weeks for the creation of new profiles, although we fixed over 3,000 Suggestions, our best week this year (by several hundred!)

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire
Connections: Devon, Leicestershire and Staffordshire
Suggestions: Cumberland, City of London and Herefordshire
Unknowns: Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire and Buckinghamshire

Thanks to everyone for their efforts. The England branch of the tree continues to improve.

Commentary 21 February 2024 (data download to week ending 17 February 2024)

An excellent week for adding new profiles; almost 10,300 were added. Although we sourced almost 600 profiles, even more were created/tagged as unsourced, resulting in another week in which our percentage of ‘unsourced’ increased. All the other metrics continue to show improvement.

Last week’s ‘top counties’ (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Leicestershire, Westmorland and Cheshire
Connections: Sussex, Hampshire and County Durham
Suggestions: Lancashire, City of London and Cambridgeshire
Unknowns: Oxfordshire, Cheshire and County Durham

Thanks to our members for all their contributions. You are playing your part on the ongoing improvement to the England branch of the tree.

Commentary 13 February 2024 (data download to week ending 10 February 2024)

Another good week for new profiles with almost 10,000 added. There was a rather high number of unsourced profiles created/tagged which coincided with one of our quieter weeks for sourcing, taking our percentage of profiles unsourced in the wrong direction. All the other percentages continue to improve.

The top counties last week (in percentage terms) in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Yorkshire
Connections: Lancashire, Sussex and Gloucestershire
Suggestions: Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire
Unknowns: Lancashire, Cumberland and Staffordshire

Thanks to everyone for the improvements they make to the tree.

Commentary 8 February 2024 (data download to week ending 3 February 2024)

Last week, over 10,000 England profiles were added on Wikitree and we passed the impressive milestone of 4,000,000!

We identified more ‘Unknowns’ over the 7 day period than in any week since the end of October, so well done to anyone who has been working on them. Expressed as a percentage of total profiles, all 4 categories are now at their lowest levels since we started collating the statistics in their current format, illustrating the positive impact that we are having on the quality of England profiles.

The top counties in percentage terms in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Westmorland, Cheshire and Oxfordshire.
Connections: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and Lancashire
Suggestions: City of London, Cambridgeshire and (County of) London
Unknowns: Oxfordshire, Bristol and Northamptonshire

Thanks to all members for their contributions.

Commentary 31 January 2024 (data download to week ending 27 January 2024)

Last week’s figures include the second week of the January Connect-a-Thon. Almost 15,000 England profiles were added over the course of the week.

Thanks to some great development work by Roy Walmsley, we now have a significantly better way of tracking improvements for ‘Profiles Sourced’ and ‘Profiles Connected’. (‘Unknowns Identified’ has always been correct.) There are still some concerns about the occasional ‘Suggestions Fixed’ number, but we are monitoring this closely.

Even though there was a focus on the Thon at the start of the week, we achieved a net reduction in Unsourced and Suggestions. Unconnected profiles and Unknowns increased, which is not unusual in a Connect-a-Thon week. All 4 measures are now below the start of year levels in percentage terms.

The figures in the tables for improvements made in the first four weeks of this year are now correct. The lists below show the historical counties where the greatest improvements have been delivered in each of the different categories when expressed as a percentage of the county's total profiles.

Profiles Sourced	Connections Made	Suggestions Fixed	Unknowns Identified
Lancashire	Cheshire	City of London	Westmorland
Huntingdonshire	Lancashire	Cambridgeshire	Rutland
Westmorland	Bristol	Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire
Cheshire	Suffolk	Westmorland	Lancashire
Leicestershire	Yorkshire	Rutland	Buckinghamshire
Berkshire	County Durham	(County of) London	County Durham

Thanks to all members for their ongoing efforts to improve the England branch of the tree.

Commentary 17 January 2024 (data download to week ending 13 January 2024)

We are into the second week of 2024. After last week’s spike in new location issues, we did particularly well in tackling over 2,500 Suggestions; and we also achieved a net reduction in Unsourced profiles. Unconnected and Unknowns as a percentage of total England profiles are at their lowest levels ever; and the same applies to our ‘Unknown County’ profiles.

With the exception of Unknowns, the figures in the ‘Improvements’ section of the table are misleading and should be disregarded. We are working on an alternative method of generating reliable numbers. We appreciate your continued patience as we work towards an improved system.

Thanks to all members for their ongoing efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 13 January 2024 (data download to week ending 6 January 2024)

Our start of year counter has been reset; we have completed our first week of the new year. The end of year 2023 figures give a new benchmark against which we can assess progress over the course of 2024. (Note, however, that the figures for the last 4 weeks are still shown in the tables to give perspective to this week’s performance.)

We made a strong start to the year with over 10,000 new England profiles added. Unsourced and Unconnected profile counts both saw net reductions. There was an influx of new location Suggestions after a large number of profiles were orphaned.

Several of the figures in the ‘Improvements’ section of the table are still misleading and should be disregarded. We are considering an alternative method of generating more reliable numbers. We appreciate your patience as we consider our options for doing this.

Thanks to all our members for their contributions.

Commentary 2 January 2024 (data download to week ending 23 December 2023)

Another solid week in which over 9,000 new England profiles were added. We had a net reduction in Suggestions and small percentage improvements in Unknowns and Unconnected profiles.

The three ‘London’ tables and Middlesex now look settled and will give us a solid base for tracking movements in 2024.

The ‘Improvement - Profiles Sourced’ process continues to throw up some misleading numbers. We continue to investigate.

Connections: Top connector for the week was Yorkshire, followed by London. Somerset (the top county in percentage terms), County Durham and Lancashire all connected over 70.
Suggestions: London cleared 230 Suggestions; Lancashire 157. The new ‘City of London’ was the top performer in percentage terms. It is great to see members looking at these profiles.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire was again the clear leader in percentage terms.

Thank you to our members for all their contributions during 2023 and very best wishes for 2024.

Commentary 29 December 2023 (data download to week ending 23 December)

Another week of steady progress with over 9,600 new England profiles added and slight percentage improvements made in all 4 ‘quality’ categories.

Thanks to Ales and Roy Walmsley, the former county we loosely called ‘Greater London’ has now been split into three separate tables: The City of London; (the County of) London; and Greater London. The location fields of many profiles currently in these counties need attention. For example, although Greater London was created in 1965, there are over 2000 profiles incorrectly assigned to Greater London based on a person’s birth before 1965. The correct way of entering London and Middlesex locations is explained in the England Profile Standards.

The splitting of profiles into the new London locations make some of this week’s movements somewhat meaningless. Commentary has been added to the relevant county tables.

The ‘Improvement - Profiles Sourced’ figures continue to be misleading. They are being investigated and should be ignored at present.

Connections: Top connectors for the week were County Durham and Middlesex, followed by Northumberland, Sussex and Yorkshire.
Suggestions: Middlesex cleared over 350 Suggestions. Devon, Yorkshire and Kent all cleared 150. Huntingdonshire was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire was leader in percentage terms.

Thank you to our members for all their contributions.

Commentary 13 December 2023 (data download to week ending 9 December)

Almost 8,200 new England profiles were created. We had an excellent week improving the quality of the tree with net reductions in Unsourced, Unconnected and Suggestions, with only a minimal increase in Unknowns.

Unknown County once again reduced slightly as a percentage of the total of England profiles.
Almost 550 profiles were Sourced
2,124 profiles were Connected, our second best performance of the year
Almost 2,900 Suggestions were fixed. There was a concerted effort during the week to attack the previous week's spike in ‘Template Errors’ for which the algorithm had been rewritten. Well done to everyone working on this; over 1,500 of these errors were fixed!
67 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire continues to make inroads into its numbers with over 150 profiles sourced; Yorkshire exceeded 50. Northamptonshire, sourcing 84 profiles had a very impressive week with the greatest impact in percentage terms.
Connections: Three counties connected over 250 profiles: Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cornwall (the top performer in percentage terms). Devon connected 144; and Essex, Middlesex and Hampshire all connected over 80.
Suggestions: Greater London was the clear leader in resolving Suggestions with a fantastic 454 fixed. Yorkshire, Middlesex, County Durham and Cornwall all resolved over 150. Once again, there'll be fistbumps in Herefordshire which was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Sussex was the clear leader for Unknowns with 12 profiles identified.

Thanks to everyone for their ongoing efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 6 December 2023 (data download to week ending 2 December)

Over 8,700 new profiles were added in the week. We saw net reductions in Unsourced and Unconnected and made good progress in Suggestions, offset by a new search routine that identified over 2000 new profiles.

Last week

Unknown County reduced slightly as a percentage of the total of England profiles.
Over 750 profiles were Sourced
Over 1500 profiles were Connected
Over 16,00 Suggestions were fixed
56 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was the top performing county for sourcing with 169 profiles sourced. Yorkshire sourced 93; and Devon, Middlesex, Kent and Westmorland all sourced over 40. Westmorland had the greatest impact in percentage terms.
Connections: Yorkshire again led the way, connecting 225 profiles. Greater London, Lancashire, Cumberland and Norfolk all connected over 100 profiles. Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex connected over 70. Cumberland was the top performer in percentage terms.
Suggestions: Lancashire resolved 136 Suggestions. Herefordshire was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Cumberland identified 8 Unknowns and was the top performer in percentage terms.

Thanks to everyone for their ongoing efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 28 November 2023 (data download to week ending 25 November)

Further progress made with over 8,500 new profiles added and net reductions in Unsourced and Suggestions.

Last week

Unknown County continues to reduce as a percentage of the total of England profiles.
965 profiles were Sourced
1,386 profiles were Connected
Almost 1,800 Suggestions were fixed
71 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was again the top performing county for sourcing with 439 profiles sourced. Yorkshire sourced 153. Cambridgeshire and Greater London both sourced 49.
Connections: Yorkshire led the way connecting 298 profiles. Lancashire and Nottinghamshire (the top county in percentage terms) connected over 100 profiles; Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Greater London connected over 70.
Suggestions: Yorkshire cleared 171 suggestions. Bedfordshire was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Overall we had a good week, with small improvements in many of our counties.

Thanks to all our members for their efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 21 November 2023 (data download to week ending 18 November)

A good week with almost 9,300 profiles created and a net reduction in Unsourced profiles and Suggestions.

Last week

Unknown County remains at under 1% of the total of England profiles.
687 profiles were Sourced
1,339 profiles were Connected
1,874 Suggestions were fixed
39 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was again the top performing county for sourcing with 199 profiles sourced. Yorkshire sourced 134. County Durham and Greater London both sourced over 40. Rutland was the top county in percentage terms.
Connections: Lancashire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Greater London all connected over 100 profiles; Surrey and Middlesex connected over 70. Nottinghamshire was again the top county in percentage terms.
Suggestions: Yorkshire cleared 283 suggestions and Greater London 206. Westmorland had a particularly good week and was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: No counties made double figures; but Herefordshire had a good week in percentage terms.

Thanks to all our members for their contributions.

Commentary 15 November 2023 (data download to week ending 11 November)

A good week with over 10,000 profiles created and a net reduction in Unsourced, Unconnected and Suggestions. Our Unknowns are now less then 1% of total England profiles.

Last week

Unknown County reduced slightly as a percentage of total England profiles.
1,119 profiles were Sourced
1,655 profiles were Connected
Almost 2,500 Suggestions were fixed
68 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was the top performing county for sourcing with almost 400 profiles sourced. Yorkshire sourced 168. Greater London, Middlesex and Lincolnshire all sourced over 40.
Connections: Yorkshire connected 275 profiles. Nottinghamshire, Sussex Greater London and Surrey all connected over 100; Kent and Middlesex both connected 70 or more. Nottinghamshire was the top county in percentage terms.
Suggestions: 6 counties cleared over 150 suggestions; Yorkshire, Greater London, Middlesex, County Durham, Lancashire and Cornwall. Somerset was the top county in percentage terms
Unknowns: Yorkshire was the only county to make double figures with 19 Unknowns identified.

Thank you to everyone for their efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 8 November 2023 (data download to week ending 4 November)

A relatively quiet week on all fronts. Automated re-naming of a category appears to have caused a spike in Suggestions.

Last week

Unknown County reduced slightly as a percentage of total England profiles.
237 profiles were Sourced
Over 1,000 profiles were Connected
Over 1,500 Suggestions were fixed
69 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lincolnshire was the top performing county for sourcing. Lancashire sourced 100. Herefordshire was again the top performer in percentage terms.
Connections: Lancashire and Yorkshire connected 214 and 195 profiles respectively. Cheshire, the top ‘percentage’ performer, connected 85; and Greater London 73.
Suggestions: Cheshire (244 suggestions fixed) was the top performer in both absolute and percentage terms. Lancashire (174) was the only other county to make treble figures.
Unknowns: Yorkshire again led the way identifying 22 Unknowns, the only county to make double figures; Nottinghamshire was the top performer in percentage terms.

Thank you to everyone for their contributions.

Commentary 2 November 2023 (data download to week ending 28 October)

For the second successive week, over 10,000 new England profiles were added. We saw another good reduction in Suggestions.

Last week

Unknown County reduced slightly as a percentage of total England profiles.
Over 1,000 profiles were Sourced
Over 1,000 profiles were Connected
Over 4,500 Suggestions were fixed
Just under 100 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Yorkshire and Devon were the top three counties for sourcing. Lincolnshire and Kent both sourced more than 40 profiles. Herefordshire was the top performer in percentage terms.
Connections: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire and Kent all connected 70 or more profiles. Rutland was the top ‘percentage’ performer.
Suggestions: Greater London, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire all fixed over 300 suggestions. Cheshire, Devon, Somerset, Middlesex, Cornwall, Derbyshire and Kent all addressed over 150. Cheshire was an impressive top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Yorkshire again led the way identifying 22 Unknowns; Buckinghamshire made double figures and was the top performer in percentage terms.

Thank you to everyone for their efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 12 October 2023 (data download to week ending 7 October)

This week’s statistics include the second week of the Source-a-Thon, but the headline ‘England’ Sourced number is lower than expected and is considerably below the total of the sum of each county’s improvements. The reasons are being investigated.

Regardless of the outcome, the Source-a-Thon was a great success. Not only were sources added to almost 10,000 England profiles that had been marked as Unsourced but numerous other profiles were also sourced that aren’t included in the count. Last week we saw net reductions in the Unconnected, Suggestions and Unknowns figures. The England Monthly Challenge is having a positive impact on our Suggestions count.

Last week

Our Unknown County improved slightly as a percentage of England profiles.
891 profiles were shown as Sourced (but the sum of each county’s improvements was 3,677)
1,451 profiles were Connected
4,979 Suggestions were fixed
103 Unknowns were identified

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: 14 counties exceeded 100 profiles sourced with Staffordshire leading the way at 402 profiles. 11 more counties sourced over 40. The top performers in percentage terms were Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Somerset and Devon.
Connections: Yorkshire made an impressive impact on its Unconnected figure connecting 728 profiles. Greater London connected over 70.
Suggestions: Yorkshire and Lancashire and Greater London all fixed over 300 suggestions. Devon, Middlesex, Norfolk, Kent and Surrey all tackled over 200. Cornwall, Somerset, Staffordshire and Warwickshire all exceeded 150. Bristol was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Cumberland was top performer in both percentage and in absolute terms) Yorkshire and Lancashire made double figure.

Thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Commentary 3 October 2023 (data download to week ending 30 September)

This week’s statistics include the first week of the Source-a-Thon, a fantastic team effort in which over 8,800 England profiles were sourced. Our previous best week for sourcing was at the end of August when we sourced just over 2,000 profiles….. and despite the focus on sourcing, we also reduced the net number of Suggestions and Unknowns.

Last week

Our Unknown County total again increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it improved slightly.
8,838 profiles were Sourced
942 profiles were Connected
2,712 Suggestions were fixed
108 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: 23 counties exceeded 100 profiles sourced. 5 more sourced over 40. The top performers in percentage terms were Lincolnshire, Rutland, Somerset, Northumberland and Lancashire. Sussex remains our best sourced county by some distance; only 40 of its 154,000 profiles are labelled Unsourced!
Connections: Yorkshire connected over 100 profiles; Greater London over 70. In percentage terms, Suffolk led the way.
Suggestions: Greater London and Yorkshire fixed over 300 suggestions. Lancashire, Kent and Middlesex all tackled over 150.
Unknowns: Yorkshire, Lancashire and Devon all identified at least Unknowns. Cumberland was top performer in percentage terms.

A phenomenal effort to improve the tree (with the second part of the Thon not included in the statistics until next week). Thanks to all for their contributions.

Commentary 26 September 2023 (data download to week ending 23 September)

One of the strongest weeks this year for connecting, with almost 1,900 profiles connected to the main tree. This week, we we achieved net improvements in our Unconnected figure, Suggestions and Unknowns.

Over the week

Our Unknown County total increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it improved slightly.
635 profiles were Sourced
1,897 profiles were Connected
4,842 Suggestions were fixed
94 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Middlesex, Warwickshire and Greater London all sourced over 40 profiles. Rutland (again) had the biggest impact on its numbers in percentage terms.
Connections: Lancashire, Greater London, Yorkshire, Middlesex, Devon, Staffordshire, County Durham and Dorset all connected 100 or more profiles. Warwickshire and Wiltshire both connected over 70. In percentage terms, Dorset led the way.
Suggestions: Greater London, Middlesex and Cornwall all fixed over 300 suggestions. Sussex, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Kent, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, Surrey, Devon, Essex and Lincolnshire all tackled over 150. Shropshire was the top performer in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Yorkshire and Lancashire both identified 16 Unknowns.

As a team we are continuing to improve the England branch of the tree. Thanks to everyone for their efforts.

Commentary 19 September 2023 (data download to week ending 16 September)

One of the quieter weeks in terms of creating new profiles but we a particularly strong week fixing suggestions, with almost over 7,000 sorted, our second highest week of the year.

Our Unknown County total continues to increase each week, but as a percentage of England profiles, it remains steady.
Over 800 profiles were Sourced
Over 1,600 profiles were Connected
7,015 Suggestions were fixed
119 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire and Warwickshire both sourced over 100 profiles; Devon and Greater London were both over 40. Rutland had the biggest impact on its numbers in percentage terms.
Connections: Lancashire, Greater London, Kent and Dorset all connected over 100 profiles. Middlesex, Essex, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Cheshire all connected over 70.
Suggestions: Greater London lead the way, sorting over 1000! Yorkshire, Devon, Somerset, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex and Cornwall all fixed over 300. Lancashire, Warwickshire, Surrey, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Hampshire, Essex, Dorset, Wiltshire and County Durham all tackled over 150.
Unknowns: Yorkshire identified 38 Unknowns. Staffordshire and Lancashire both made double figures.

Thanks to everyone for their efforts to improve the tree.

Commentary 12 September 2023 (data download to week ending 9 September)

Last week was a relatively quiet one for creating new profiles but we did particularly well fixing suggestions, with almost 5,500 sorted (our second highest of the year).

Our Unknown County total increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it remains steady.
387 profiles were Sourced
Almost 1,500 profiles were Connected
Almost 5,500 Suggestions were fixed
63 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, and Greater London both sourced over 40 profiles. Oxfordshire had the biggest impact on its numbers in percentage terms.
Connections: Dorset lead the way last week with over 300 profiles connected. Durham and Lancashire both connected over 100. Northumberland, Greater London, Middlesex, Devon and Gloucestershire all connected over 70.
Suggestions: 5 counties fixed over 300 suggestions. Yorkshire lead the way with 647, followed by Greater London, Lancashire, Cumberland (the top performing county in percentage terms) and Devon. Essex, Kent, Somerset, Middlesex and Cornwall all sorted over 150.
Unknowns: Lancashire was the only county to make double figures. Herefordshire was the top performer in percentage terms.

Thanks to everyone working to improve the tree.

Commentary 5 September 2023 (data download to week ending 2 September)

Another strong week for new profiles with 10,551 created. Our net suggestion figure continues to reduce week on week. For the first time in 13 weeks, our Unknowns increased (albeit only by one.)

As usual, our Unknown County total has again increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it continues to decline slightly each week
Over 500 profiles were Sourced
Almost 1,000 profiles were Connected
Over 2,500 Suggestions were fixed
91 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire all sourced 40 or more profiles.
Connections: Oxfordshire, Greater London and Kent were the top connectors in the week.
Suggestions: Greater London resolved an impressive 451 suggestions. Yorkshire, Middlesex and Cornwall all had good weeks.
Unknowns: Lancashire was the only county to make double figures. Nottinghamshire was the top performer in percentage terms.

Thanks to all members who have made improvements to the tree over the last week.

Commentary 30 August 2023 (data download to week ending 26 August)

An excellent week with over 10,000 new profiles created. We sourced over 2,000 profiles, the highest figure this year by a considerable amount.

Our Unknown County total has again increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it continues to decline slightly each week
2,019 profiles were Sourced (Our highest week prior to this week was 1,214 profiles sourced)
Over 1,000 profiles were Connected
2,337 Suggestions were fixed
223 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Devon and Lancashire both had bumper weeks sourcing 383 and 326 profiles respectively. Lincolnshire and Hampshire both sourced over 90. In percentage terms, Rutland, our smallest county had a marked impact on its numbers.
Connections: Lancashire connected 169 profiles. Devon, Sussex and Greater London all connected 70 or more. Bristol was the top performing county in percentage terms.
Suggestions: The top three counties for addressing suggestions were Yorkshire, Greater London and Lincolnshire. In percentage terms, Rutland and Bedfordshire both had good weeks.
Unknowns: The top two counties were again Staffordshire and Lancashire. Yorkshire and Devon both made double figures.

A big thank you to everyone working to improve the England branch of the tree.

Commentary 23 August 2023 (data download to week ending 19 August)

A quieter week but we continue to make progress and there were net reductions in Suggestions and Unknowns.

Our Unknown County total has again increased, but as a percentage of England profiles, it continues to decline
449 profiles were Sourced
Almost 1,000 profiles were Connected
2,346 Suggestions were fixed
129 Unknowns were identified.

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was the top county for sourcing at 153 profiles. Middlesex sourced over 40.
Connections: Yorkshire connected 166 profiles. County Durham, Northumberland and Greater London all connected 70 or more.
Suggestions: In percentage terms, Huntingdonshire and Rutland both had a considerable impact in reducing their suggestions. In volume terms, Lancashire and Yorkshire both addressed more than 300; Greater London sorted over 150.
Unknowns: The top two counties were again Staffordshire and Lancashire. Yorkshire and Devon all made double figures. A special mention this week for Buckinghamshire where all the 1800s and 1900s have been sorted or reviewed.

Thanks to everyone for their efforts.

Commentary 15 August 2023 (data download to week ending 12 August)

An excellent week in which our net Unconnected, Suggestions and Unknowns figures all reduced.

Our Unknown County total increased, but the overall percentage showed another slight decline
Over 150 Unknowns were identified.
Over 3,700 Suggestions were fixed
Almost 1,900 profiles were Connected
687 profiles were Sourced

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Cambridgeshire was the top county for sourcing at 92 profiles, an impressive total for one of our smaller counties. Middlesex, Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Greater London and Oxfordshire all exceeded 40.
Connections: Herefordshire was the county that had the greatest impact in percentage terms on its connections with Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Northumberland and Norfolk also having good weeks. Yorkshire Lancashire and Hampshire all connected over 100 profiles.
Suggestions: Hertfordshire had the greatest percentage impact on its numbers. For the fifth week in a row, Yorkshire led the way in overall volumes with another 672 suggestions fixed, with Lancashire fixing 462. Cheshire, Staffordshire, Greater London, Kent and Cornwall and Devon all fixed over 150.
Unknowns: The top two counties were Staffordshire and Lancashire. Cheshire, Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire all made double figures.

Thanks to everyone in the project who has been making improvements to the England branch of the tree.

8 August 2023 (data downloaded to 5 August)

We continue to make good progress. Unknowns net totals again reduced, with this week’s figures including the last 2 days of highly successful July challenge.

Our ‘Unknown County’ total increased, but the overall proportion of Unknown County profiles in England continues to decline, now standing at 7.7% of England profiles. (We started the year at 9.27%.)
Over 200 Unknowns was were identified.
Almost 2,500 Suggestions were fixed
Over 1,000 profiles were Connected
733 profiles were Sourced

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire was the top performer sourcing 109 profiles. Hampshire, Greater London and Cambridgeshire all sourced 40 or more. In percentage terms, Cumberland outperformed all other counties.
Connections: Lancashire, Essex, Middlesex, Surrey and Devon all connected over 70 profiles. Somerset, Wiltshire and Staffordshire were all over 50.
Suggestions: For the fourth week in a row, Yorkshire led the way, with another 688 suggestions fixed; with Staffordshire also having a considerable impact on its numbers. Greater London. Cheshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Greater London, Middlesex, Kent and Sussex all exceeded 75.
Unknowns: The top two counties were Lancashire and Staffordshire. Cheshire, Yorkshire and Hampshire and Devon all made double figures.

Well done to everyone who has been working to improve the tree– your efforts are very much appreciated.

1 August 2023 (data downloaded to 29 July)

This week’s numbers continue to show the great strides being made. The net reductions in both our Suggestions and Unknowns totals we saw last week continued even more impressively this week. With two days still to go for our ‘Unknowns’ Challenge, the total number resolved is now 1,310. At the same time we had an impressive week sourcing profiles, almost doubling our weekly average, with a total of over 1200 profiles sourced.

Our ‘Unknown County’ resolutions far exceeded last weeks total, reducing by 836 as more precise England locations were found and location field formatting issues were addressed.
Last week’s 323 Unknowns Identified was our second highest week of the year.
Over 2,125 Suggestions were fixed
1204 profiles were Connected
580 profiles were Sourced

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Greater London, and Middlesex all sourced over 100 profiles. Lincolnshire, Sussex and Kent all sourced 70 or more.
Connections: Lancashire, Greater London and Devon connected more than 100; Cheshire, Essex, Middlesex, and Wiltshire all exceeded 60.
Suggestions: For the third week in a row, Yorkshire led the way, this week with an impressive 759 suggestions fixed. Lincolnshire and Suffolk both addressed over 200 suggestions.
Unknowns: Devon resolved a massive 88 unknowns; Lancashire, Yorkshire and Hampshire all identified 20 or more Unknowns. Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire, Norfolk and Sussex all made double figures.

Thanks to everyone for their efforts to improve the tree.

26 July 2023 (data downloaded to 22 July)

This week’s numbers includes the second half of the July Connect-a-Thon. 14,062 new England profiles were added over the week, which was our fourth highest of the year. Usually in the week of the Thon, we see our quality measures decline, partly because non-members are adding England profiles, so it was very encouraging to see continued net reductions in both our Suggestions and Unknowns totals. As we enter our final full week of the ‘Unknowns’ Challenge, the numbers continue to fall impressively.

Our ‘Unknown County’ total reduced by over 500 as more precise England locations were found and location field formatting issues were addressed.
Last week’s 246 Unknowns Identified was our third highest week of the year.
Over 4,250 Suggestions were fixed
1657 profiles were Connected
580 profiles were Sourced

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Bristol sourced an impressive 102 profiles. Devon, Middlesex, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire all sourced 60 or more.
Connections: Lancashire had a particularly good week connecting 298 profiles; Greater London and Devon both connected more than 100; Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire all exceeded 60.
Suggestions: For the second week in a row, Yorkshire led the way, this week with a staggering 900 suggestions fixed. Sussex, Staffordshire, Lancashire, Greater London, Cheshire and Lincolnshire all addressed over 200 suggestions.
Unknowns: Devon, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Staffordshire all identified 20 or more Unknowns. Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire and Cheshire all made double figures.

Thanks to everyone for their efforts to improve the tree.

19 July 2023 (data downloaded to 15 July)

This week’s numbers include the first half of the Connect-a-Thon. The Mighty Oaks secured an impressive first place and the England total was boosted by our smaller second team, The Mighty Oak Branches. Over 16,300 new England profiles were added over the 7 day period, our third highest week of the year.

Usually in the week of the Thon, we see our quality measures decline, partly because non-members are adding England profiles, so it was very encouraging to see net reductions in both our cumulative Suggestions and Unknowns totals. Our Unknowns Challenge is going particularly well.

Last week’s 267 Unknowns Identified was our second highest week of the year.
Almost 3,000 Suggestions were fixed
Over 1500 Profiles were Connected
300 profiles were Sourced

Our top performing counties in the different categories were:

Profiles Sourced: Greater London sourced 140 profiles; Lancashire, Bristol and Leicestershire all sourced more than 60.
Connections: Lancashire, Greater London, Cheshire and Yorkshire all connected over 125 profiles, County Durham, Leicestershire Middlesex and Hampshire all exceeded 60.
Suggestions: Yorkshire led the way last week with 609 suggestions. Cheshire, Greater London and Lancashire all fixed over 200.
Unknowns: Devon and Lancashire both identified 50 or more Unknowns and Yorkshire exceeded 20. Herefordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire all identified 10 or more. Rutland, our smallest county also gets a mention. In percentage terms, they had the greatest impact on their overall percentage of Unknowns of any of our counties.

Thanks to everyone across our team for their efforts to improve the tree.

12 July 2023 (tables for week ending 8 july)

Last week, at England level, the run of impressive weeks continued yet again. This months project challenge is, of course, resolving unknowns. The data, which covers the first full week of this challenge:

The tremendous effort made by you all during the first week of the challenge let to a fantastic 471 Unknowns Identified. It bodes really well for a very successful monthly challenge.
Despite, or perhaps because of, other improvements, namely Profiles Connected (1157), Suggestions Resolved (3162), and Profiles Sourced (868) were all up on last week.

Underpinning these impressive results are performances across several counties that deserve mention:

Profiles Sourced: Kent and Leicestershire sourced over 100 profiles each, with Greater London and Surrey sourcing more than 65 each.
Connections: Devon connected 130 profiles, with County Durham, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Worcestershire, and Greater London doing more than 60.
Suggestions: Lancashire and Yorkshire both resolved a massive 1687 suggestions between them. Staffordshire, and Greater London fixed over 200 each.
Unknowns: Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, and Dorset all identified 20 or more Unknowns. However, almost every county contributed to this weeks tremendous total.
In amongst all the above work on the Unknown Counties profiles continued unabated, resulting in very high numbers resolved across all four areas.

Thanks to everyone in the project for their fantastic efforts.

5 July 2023 (tables for week ending 1 july)

The programme of checking external citation links had no major impact on any county this week, although suggestions still rose significantly again.

Last week, at England level, the run of impressive weeks continued. It was:

Yet another week when the record for Unknowns Identified was shattered (194). The monthly challenge for July is identifying unknowns, but we would have been only one day into the challenge when the data was cut off for the week.
Continued improvements on both Profiles Connected (1155) and Suggestions Resolved (2880)

Underpinning these impressive results are performances across several counties that deserve mention:

Profiles Sourced: Leicestershire and Greater London sourced over 65 profiles.
Connections: Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Greater London connected over 100 profiles, with Middlesex, Kent, and Surrey doing more than 50.
Suggestions: Yorkshire resolved a massive 802 suggestions. Lancashire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Greater London fixed over 150 each.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire identified the most Unknowns, but the record total was achieved by contributions spread across most counties.
In amongst this work on the Unknown Counties profiles resulted in very high numbers resolved across all four areas.

Thanks to everyone in the project for their fantastic efforts.

27 June 2023 (tables for week ending 24 June)

An ongoing programme of checking external citation links continues to add considerable numbers of suggestions to the figures, with Yorkshire and Staffordshire being particularly affected.

Last week, at England level, the run of impressive weeks continued. It was:

Another week when the record for Unknowns Identified was shattered again (158)
An improvement on both Profiles Connected (1066) and Suggestions Resolved (2877)
Only a relatively small reduction in the number of Profiles Sourced (847)

Underpinning these impressive results are performances across several counties that deserve mention:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Cambridgeshire, and Cornwall all sourced over 65 profiles. Sussex resolved a high percentage of their unsourced profiles.
Connections: Staffordshire, Greater London, and Cornwall connected at least 65 profiles, with Norfolk, Sussex, Dorset, and Somerset all doing more than 50.
Suggestions: Lancashire and Kent both resolved more that 250 suggestions.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, and Devon identified the most Unknowns, but the record total was achieved by contributions spread across most counties.

Thanks to everyone in the project for their fantastic efforts.

22 June 2023 (tables for week ending 17 June)

Last week, at England level, we had another impressive week. It was:

Our second highest week of the year for Profiles Sourced (1004).
Our highest week of the year for Unknowns Identified (141)

Both of these surpassed last weeks impressive totals.

Underpinning these impressive results are performances across several counties that deserve mention:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Greater London, Middlesex, Cornwall, and Bristol all sourced over 50 profiles.
Connections: Greater London and Lancashire (in both counties at least 65 profiles were connected)
Suggestions: Although suggestions resolved were down on last weeks impressive totals, Greater London and Cornwall both resolved more that 250 suggestions.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire, Devon, and Lancashire all identified more than 20 or more Unknowns.

Thanks to everyone in the project for their fantastic efforts.

14 June 2023 (tables for week ending 10 June)

The weekly statistics have been updated. At England level, we had a particularly impressive week. It was:

Our second highest week of the year for Profiles Sourced (962).
Our highest week of the year for Suggestions Fixed (7,299)
Our highest week of the year for Unknowns Identified (120)

Underpinning these impressive results are performances across several counties that deserve mention:

Profiles Sourced: Lancashire, Greater London, Middlesex, Suffolk, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Bristol all sourced over 50 profiles; Worcestershire and Northamptonshire also had a strong week when looking at the figures in percentage terms
Connections: Greater London and Surrey (in both counties at least 80 profiles were connected)
Suggestions: Yorkshire; Greater London, Middlesex, Kent, Lancashire (over 400 suggestions were fixed in these counties); Buckinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Cumberland and Lincolnshire performed well in percentage terms.
Unknowns: Buckinghamshire and Devon both identified more than 20 Unknowns.

Thanks to everyone in the project for their fantastic efforts.

8 June 2023 (tables for week ending 3 June)

The highlights from last week include

400 profiles sourced with a particularly strong week for Cambridgeshire, Bristol, Middlesex/Greater London and Northamptonshire
a decline in our Unconnected Profiles figure for a second consecutive week with County Durham, Yorkshire and Wiltshire all showing impressive reductions
over 4700 England Suggestions fixed with our Middlesex, Yorkshire and Kent teams leading the way
considerable reductions in Unknowns in Buckinghamshire and Lancashire
over 200 reductions in our “Unknown County” profiles (it’s difficult to identify from our data which counties have been behind this initiative to identify and properly format birth, marriage and death locations, but whoever has been working on these profiles, thank you!)

Thanks to everyone who has been contributing to deliver improvements across our project.

1 June 2023 (tables for week ending 27 May)

At country level we have had a very good week:

Both our Unsourced and Unconnected counts reduced
The Unknowns count increased slightly but, as a percentage of total profiles, continues to decline each week
The Suggestions figure continues to grow each week due to an ongoing Wikitree initiative to check broken links that is generating several thousand additional suggestions. This is affecting all counties and is obscuring good progress being made in several important areas. Last week over 4,200 suggestions were fixed, significantly higher than the average weekly figure (2,590) this year to date.

Thanks to everyone who has been contributing to deliver improvements across our project.

23 May 2023 (tables for week ending 20 May)

Despite the usual addition of over 8,700 new profiles in England, our net Unknown County figure has again reduced, this week by 462, bringing the percentage of these profiles to under 8% of the total for the first time since we started measuring these figures.

The rate at which we have been sourcing, connecting and identifying Unknowns over the last 4 weeks is very encouraging. The Unconnected and Unknowns percentages are currently below the levels we saw at the start of the year; and if we can maintain the momentum of the last 4 weeks, we will also soon see the Unsourced percentage below the end 2022 figure.

The people working on suggestions are doing a great job having fixed an average of over 2,500 England suggestions per week since the start of the year and on a like-for-like basis, our suggestions percentage would also be considerably improved. However, a new routine was added to the suggestions checks 3 weeks ago with a scan of external citation links on older profiles. In the weeks ending 6, 13 and 20 May, over 11,000 new suggestions were added to the England count as about 5% of these old links were found to be broken. The total for the equivalent suggestions in the prior 3 weeks was under 300. This dramatic increase has affected the suggestions counts for all our counties.

Thanks to the efforts of members across the project, the England branch of Wikitree is improving considerably.

17 May 2023 (tables for week ending 13 May)

This week's highlight is a marked reduction in our Unknown County figure by over 1,200 (the average in the previous 3 weeks was under 250). There is no easy way of identifying precisely which counties drove this reduction but the table below shows the counties that grew their profile counts disproportionately, which is a good indicator.

Bristol

Yorkshire

Staffordshire

Nottinghamshire

Derbyshire

Cheshire

Worcestershire

County Durham

Herefordshire

The green font in our tables, used to represent improvements in a statistic, has been changed to blue following feedback that a significant number of people are affected by red/green colour-blindness and cannot distinguish the colours we were using.

Thanks to our members who have been working to amend poorly formatted location fields and to everyone in our project who has been contributing to improve our tree.

9 May 2023 (tables for week ending 6 May)

Experienced members of the project have remarked to me this week how much they feel Wikitree has improved in England over recent years.

Our tables highlight some of the fantastic work carried on in our team to maintain this momentum as the tree grows.

So far this year, within the England Project

we have sourced almost 11,000 previously unsourced profiles;
over 28,000 unconnected profiles have been connected;
more than 45,000 suggestions have been fixed (over 2,500 per week!)
over 900 ‘Unknowns’ have been identified.
we have reduced our ‘Unknown County’ profiles by more than 25,000 net profiles

The county tables highlight the teams who are leading the way in delivering these improvements. Even though significant numbers of profiles have been added to the tree since the start of the calendar year (almost 200,000 England profiles) these counties have reduced their profile count in one or more categories.

Thanks to everyone in our project who has been contributing to improve our tree.

Unsourced	Unconnected	Suggestions	Unknowns
Northamptonshire	Nottinghamshire	Dorset	Devon
Huntingdonshire	Devon	Westmorland	Suffolk
Suffolk	Dorset	Sussex	Essex
Cambridgeshire	County Durham	Oxfordshire	Rutland
Kent	Hertfordshire	County Durham	Greater London
Hertfordshire	Derbyshire	Derbyshire	Middlesex
Sussex		Cheshire	Lancashire
		Huntingdonshire	Hampshire
		Wiltshire	Norfolk
		Cambridgeshire	Nottinghamshire
		Nottinghamshire	County Durham
			Westmorland
			Shropshire
			Buckinghamshire
			Wiltshire

3 May 2023 (tables for week ending 29 April)

The last 2 weeks’ activity includes the Connect-a-Thon, which generated a welcome boost in England activity. Many but not all counties saw an above-average increase in profiles over the fortnight.

Against this backdrop, the reduction in ‘Unknown County’ of over 400 profiles is particularly impressive, as we would have normally seen an increase during the Thon. At the start of 2023, ‘Unknown County’ represented 9.27% of England profiles. That figure now stands at slightly over 8%.

At England level, the percentages of Unconnected profiles, Suggestions and Unknowns have all reduced since the start of the year. (The reduction in Suggestions is remarkable given that a significant new search recently added over 14,000 new suggestions to the count.)

The percentage of Unsourced profiles has increased slightly, but this can be reversed. We are discussing with the Challenges Team Leaders a number of initatives to encourage our members to work together to improve different aspects of our tree.

The limitations of our various measures need to be appreciated when looking at the various statistics we report; there is important work being carried on by members to improve profiles that doesn’t get measured here.

That said, the statistics do give an indication of our progress in improving the quality of our database. To illustrate what can be achieved, the tables below highlight our top-performing (traditional) counties. The figures in these counties are particularly impressive and show what we can aspire to. The average figures are across all counties, excluding the Unknown County numbers.

We know that not everyone can devote as much time to Wikitree as they would like but whatever you do to improve profiles in your county or for the tree in general is very much appreciated.

Top 3 Unsourced	% of total profiles
Sussex	0.02%
Bedfordshire	0.41%
Nottinghamshire	0.77%
Average - traditional counties	1.73%

Top 3 Unconnected	% of total profiles
Sussex	3.86%
Cornwall	4.98%
Hertfordshire	5.71%
Average - traditional counties	9.08%

Top 3 Suggestions	% of total profiles
Nottinghamshire	0.19%
Oxfordshire	0.86%
Sussex	1.82%
Average - traditional counties	3.88%

Top 4 Unknowns	% of total profiles
County Durham	0.50%
London	0.50%
Lancashire	0.51%
Middlesex	0.51%
Average - traditional counties	0.83%

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