Checking example

Below is an example of a check sheet. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

• Include the soldier's name, the inputter's name, your name, if it is a quick or full check, and how long it took to check at the top of the page.
• Add the name of the person whose household it is next to the HH#.
• If you found something the inputter didn't, enter your search in red.
• Explain when necessary.
• Avoid using terms that might be considered judgmental, such as "clearly" and "obviously." If it were clear or obvious, the inputter would not have done it that way.
• You are welcome to praise the inputter for correct or good work.

(Sorry, the bullet lists didn't copy in perfectly. They hyperlinks are not live, but they are underlined and in blue.)

Riley Damon, 3101801040
Inputter:
Checker:
Full check, 2 h 20m

GRID:

• Forgot to mark the MilIN? column for vet’s siblings, Alpheus and Sarah. They were listed on the last page in the mil info under Remarks.

RELATIONS PAGE:

• Looks Good!

HH0 – Riley (00):

• TREE: I added 2 Iowa state censuses that showed up on Ancestry Hints for him. You should add all state censuses to the tree if you find them. They may not have shown up when you were working on him though. (same for Glen and Emma below)

• 1850: Quality Code – can be a 1 instead of a 2 because he is in the household with his parents and siblings who were listed in the mil info.

• DEATH: I found 2 death sources for him on a Washington Death Cert index and on FindAGrave. I searched on Ancestry’s Search All Records page for Name: Riley Damon; Death: 1920 (exact) Washington (exact). Both of the sources showed up. I attached them to the tree. Please add the additional info from these 2 sources to the grid: Death Index & FindAGrave.

HH 1 – Glen (15):

• 1910: Town – should be blank instead of HARTFORD; Supervisor’s Dist – should be 1 instead of blank; Street – should be MAIN AVE instead of blank.

• 1910: Boyd (23), Place of Birth and Parents’ Birthplaces – should be SD, IL, IA instead of blank; Also, Language and Occupation – should be ENG and NONE instead of blank.

• 1930: Quality Code – should be a 1 instead of a 2 for several reasons. First, her mother from the mil info was in this household.  Secondly, you have a marriage record that names Glen’s parents from the mil info and her spouse from the census. Either one of these situations on their own is enough for a QC1.

• 1940: Quality Code should be 1 instead of 2. (She was still with the husband from the good marriage record.)

• 1940: Michael (19), Industry – should be BARBER SHOP instead of BOOKSHOP.

HH2 – Emma (14):

• 1860: Page – should be 471 instead of 63. On 1850 – 1880 censuses, we get our page numbers from Ancestry’s indexed info under Tools and View Source. Even when it says Page No. on the manuscript and a number is written in, we do not use that number.

• 1860: You forgot to enter everyone else in the household. Please add the rest of the household members to the grid.

• TREE: Accidentally saved the wrong person in 1860 to her tree. (You had her as Wealthy Davis, her mother.)

• GRID: In 1850 you have her as Not Searched (yellow). Since she was born in 1857, this should have been a black dot. When that happens, you can use the People To Be Deleted google doc to have someone with administrative access to fix it for you.

HH 3 – Emma (14):

• 1870 & 1880: You have a No Find. I couldn’t find her either!

• 1910: You have a No Find. I found a pretty good match for her. I searched for Name: Emma Damon; Born: 1857 Illinois. Since she moved around a lot, I didn’t type in a residence. She was living in Whiteside County, Illinois which was close to the county she was born in according to FindAGrave. Although her age was off a bit (it was in the QC1 match in 1900 too), her name, birthplace, parents birthplaces, and number of children all matched. Her estimated marriage year was also pretty close to the mil info. I think this match could be a QC3. Please add this to the tree and grid: 1910 Census

• 1920: You have a No Find. I found another pretty good match. The problem with finding her, other than she moved around and wasn’t living with the vet or other family, was that her age kept “changing”. I knew she should have been in Billings, MT in 1920 from city directories and the vet’s pension index card. I searched for Name: Emma Damon; Lived In: Billings, MT (exact). I did not enter any birth info (because I tried that earlier and it didn’t work). Again, although her age was a bit off, her name, residence, birthplace, and mother’s birthplace were all a match. Please add this to the tree and grid: 1920 Census