Tuesday, September 22, 2015

More comments and clarifications

Thanks to Sandy for making notes on a few things that have come up in the checks recently.

  • Town of anything--No need to put "town" in either before or after.  Same goes for city of...
  • Town following the name--You don't have to put it in unless you think it's part of the name of the town.  It's never wrong to input it if it's there.
  • District No.--  You don't need to put in NO, but it's not wrong if you do.  Checkers may say it once to inputter,  but the inputter doesn't need to go back and fix it.  Just remember going forward that it saves time by not typing in NO.  Do not ever include the symbol # for number.
  • Marking death records --Mark all the death records you found and attached to the tree.  Include data from all of them onto your grid. Only include the links from the two best sources. 
  • Grid names -- It doesn't matter how the name appears on the grid. It's just an administrative tool to help the inputter. You can make the prime name whatever is best to help identify that person.  (If you have 5 Ann Banks on your grid, spouse of vet, child of vet, spouses of vet's sons, then by all means pick the name that is easiest to identify them.)  However, the females on the trees should always be listed with their maiden names.
  • WWI Draft Cards --  If the draft card has an exact birth date matching your child to the mil info AND an exact address matching to a census year, then that census year is a QC1 even if the spouse's name is not on the draft card.


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