April 2016 checking statistics

In April, we checked 42 soldiers under our system. I've reviewed all of the checks, and I've tallied the number of differences. Some of these are errors, and some are judgment calls. Here are the categories and the total number of differences for each category. This month there was at least 1 error in every category.

GRID Errors

• MILIN?/MAR? - 2
• Missing HH member - 9
• Duplicate people - 4
• Wrong person - 1

Inferred Relationships

• Incorrect relationships - 15

Census Errors

• Name - 26
• Typo/Reading/Wrong - 104
• State Code - 1
• Missing/Wrong URL - 4
• Missing data - 23
• Additional finds - 32
• Quality Code - 13

Death Errors

• Typo/Reading/Wrong - 6
• Missing data - 28
• Missing/Wrong URL/Source - 6
• Quality Code - 4
• Additional finds - 12

Tree Errors

• Missing/Incorrect information/relationships - 13

The total number of differences for all 42 soldiers is 305. This is 85 fewer differences than last month. Some differences/errors affect the data more than others. If we checked other pensions, we'd probably find similar differences.