Abstract
This paper describes a case study on nominal record linkage on data from the Mandemakers family. It is demonstrated how names from birth, marriage and death certificates can be used for fast, probabilistic, ego-based record linkage, with the help of year of birth to arrive at unique identification. The procedure includes name standardization to overcome variation in spelling and the use of probabilities of combinations of given names and surnames, computed from the digitized 19th century Dutch vital register.
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A Kees Study on Nominal Record LinkageTo cite this article: Bloothooft, G. (2021). A Kees Study on Nominal Record Linkage
Prosopography studies require the identification of the people in the past, preferably as individual life courses
In population reconstruction the central question is what evidence is sufficient to conclude that two attestations concern the same individual
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To cite this article: Bloothooft, G. (2021). A Kees Study on Nominal Record Linkage. Historical Life Course Studies is the electronic journal of the European Historical Population Samples Network (EHPSNet). The journal is the primary publishing outlet for research involved in the conversion of existing European and nonEuropean large historical demographic databases into a common format, the Intermediate Data Structure, and for studies based on these databases. The journal publishes both methodological and substantive research articles. The European Historical Population Samples Network (EHPS-net) brings together scholars to create a common format for databases containing non-aggregated information on persons, families and households. HISTORICAL LIFE COURSE STUDIES VOLUME 10, SPECIAL ISSUE 3 (2021), 53-58, published 31-03-2021
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