This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge is very different than any we’ve had before.

Randy Seaver has asked:

1)  You were born and given a forename (first name and middle name(?)) and a surname on your birth certificate. What were they?

2)  How many persons are on the FamilySearch Family Tree (with an exact search for a birth name) with your first and, separately, your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle-surname?

3)  How many matches do you have when you search the FamilySearch Historical Records  (with an exact search for a name) with your first name, and separately, with your surname?  Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle-surname?

4)  How many person are in the Public Ancestry Member Tree collection  (with an exact search for a name) with your first name and, separately, your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle-surname?

5)  How many person are in the Ancestry Historical Records Collections  (with an exact search for a name) with your first name and, separately, your surname? Are there any other persons with your complete first-middle-surname?

Here are my results:

1. My birth certificate says Linda Anne Sabo.
2. The FamilySearch Family Tree, with an exact search on birth name:

Linda: 140,826
Sabo: 13,675

Linda Sabo: 2
Linda Anne Sabo: 0

3. The FamilySearch Historical Records, with an exact search for the name:

Linda: 6,517,290
Sabo: 144,232

Linda Sabo: 225
Linda Anne Sabo: 1 (me)

4. The Public Ancestry Member Tree collection, with an exact search on the name:

Linda: 539,376
Sabo: 12,339

Linda Sabo: 7
Linda Anne Sabo: 0

5. The Ancestry Historical Records collection, with an exact search on the name:

Linda: 28,705,765
Sabo: 325,258

Linda Sabo: 1,112
Linda Anne Sabo: It says 7, but when I look at the records, only 2 are for Linda Anne Sabo. The others are errors.

This was a really interesting activity. I almost never check the exact match box because so many items are mis-indexed.

Thanks, Randy, for this week’s challenge.