Here are a few things some inputters are confused about or are forgetting. If you're unsure about something, please consult your manual or ask. It is OK to ask questions. It is better to ask when you're unsure than to correct mistakes later.
- If the soldier has no children, please note this on your input log. This is not the same as being unable to find any of the children on the census, which you may also note on the log.
- There is no need to fill in the finds (X) and no finds (NF) on the census log. I will do that electronically later.
- EVERYONE should be tracking inputting times: start time, stop time, and total time. This is per RecId, you do not have to record a separate time for each child. Your average time per RecId should be under 4.5 hours.
- Don't forget to mark the soldier COMPLETE when you're finished working on him.
- Checkers, please make sure you write your name at the top of the checks, so we can easily see who did the checking.
- Open and review EVERY TAB on the Mil Info. It is important to know all of this information.
- If you think you've found a DUPLICATE soldier (that is, you think you've searched for this guy before), stop work on him and notify me. I will let you know how to proceed.
- We've mentioned this before (it had its own post), but it's still happening frequently. If you are not 100% sure of the two-digit state or country code, LOOK IT UP IN YOUR MANUAL. Being 99% sure is not good enough. Here are some of the more recent mistakes: IO for Iowa (it's IA), MI for Missouri (it's MO, and MI is Michigan), AK for Arkansas (it's AR, and AK is Alaska), SW for Switzerland (it's SZ, SW is Sweden), and CA for Canada (it's CD, and CA is California).
- Check ages for infants in the work originally input for the soldier. The fraction that was input will not show up on our screens. If the baby is 2/12, it will appear as 2.
- You are never wrong to type what you see. But, if the manuscript says something like City of Springfield (under town or incorporated place), you don't need to type "City of." If it says Springfield City, and you're not sure if City is part of the name, include it. Again, it's always correct to type what you see. Checkers, you don't have to tell new inputters to include "City of."
I haven't recorded start and stop times on the input log before, just total time. Sometimes, I start a family on one day and continue on the next, or I take a break and check someone else's work. I keep the start and stop times in my notebook so I can calculate the total time. Do you want these transferred to the input log? And do you want each stop and start time, if we work over multiple days?
ReplyDeleteTotal time is just fine.
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