October checking stats

In October, we checked 44 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.

GRID Errors

• MILIN?/MAR? - 7
• Missing HH member - 5
• Duplicate people - 5
• Wrong person - 2
• Other - 4

Inferred Relationships

• Incorrect relationships - 16

Census Errors

• Name - 47
• Typo/Reading/Wrong - 79
• State Code - 0
• Missing/Wrong URL - 2
• Missing data - 39
• Additional finds - 17
• Quality Code - 18

Death Errors

• Typo/Reading/Wrong - 12
• Missing data - 29
• Missing/Wrong URL/Source - 6
• Quality Code - 3
• Additional finds - 8

Tree Errors

• Missing/Incorrect information/relationships - 19

The total number of differences for all 44 soldiers is 318. This is 130 fewer differences than September, when we checked 48 soldiers. Some differences/errors affect the data more than others. If we checked other pensions, we'd probably find similar differences. Let's see if we can reduce these differences in November.