In November, we checked 44 soldiers under our new system. I've reviewed all of the checks, and I've tallied the number of errors. I recognize that some of the "errors" were judgment calls and should probably be called differences. Sometimes, words are just really difficult to read. Sometimes a family is just difficult or Ancestry is acting up. Every person had errors, and there is always room for improvement. Here are the categories and the total number of errors for each category.
GRID Errors
- MILIN?/MAR? - 7
- Missing HH member - 1
- Duplicate people - 0
- Wrong person - 4
Inferred Relationships
- Incorrect relationships - 3
Census Errors
- Name - 60
- Typo/Reading/Wrong - 170
- State Code - 0
- Missing/Wrong URL - 9
- Missing data - 80
- Additional finds - 20
- Quality Code - 22
Death Errors
- Typo/Reading/Wrong - 10
- Missing data - 22
- Missing/Wrong URL/Source - 16
- Quality Code - 3
- Additional finds - 4
Tree Errors
- Missing/Incorrect information/relationships - 7
The total number of errors for all 44 soldiers is
438 (exactly 100 more errors than in October). Some errors affect the data more than others. If we checked other pensions, we'd probably find similar errors.
Thank you all for taking this so seriously. Let's set a goal to reduce our errors in December.
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