Quick checks

Recently, there has been a little confusion about checking. We check our work for two reasons:

1. Quality control - We want to produce the best possible data collection.
2. Ongoing training - Checking helps us figure out where the holes are in people's knowledge of the work. It also helps keep us all on the same page and following the same rules.

When you do a quick check, try not to spend more than 60 minutes. Check the important stuff first.

• Tree
• Grid
• Update Relations
• Search for missing census decades and death information
• Make sure the inputter updated HH0 (You should be able to figure this out by noting whether fields that are always wrong in the original data have been updated and not have to recheck all of it.)

After you've done all this, if you still have time, spot check the inputting. Stop when you reach 60 minutes.

On your checking documents, write a note about everything you check. If you didn't find any errors in a decade or death screen, write that down. Make sure we can tell what type of error it is by looking at what you've written. Follow all the formatting instructions that Sandy has given you in the past.

I promise, we don't make you do checking as a punishment. We want you all to have the tools you need to do great work. The reason we do a quick check and a full check instead of two full checks is to save time.