As the Mil Info (pension) data is prepared to be added to the VCC data, I've been working on a list of names of people from the VCC data. I have to match the person from the VCC Grid to the person in the Mil Info.
I've noticed that sometimes the Mil Info says (CHILD) or (DAUGHTER) or (SON). DO NOT match this to a person on the Grid unless you have some identifying information. That is a birth date or a death date.
In one case, the soldier had three children on the Grid. The Mil Info listed (CHILD) twice. There was no other information about those two children. The inputter picked two of the children on the Grid and said they were the two children from the Mil Info. There is no way they could have known which two children were referenced in the Mil Info, so the MilIN? should NOT have been marked on the Grid.
In another case, there were two children on the Grid. The Mil Info listed (CHILD) twice. There was no other information about those two children. The two children on the Grid should not have had the MilIN? column checked, because there was no other identifying information. Even though you can't say those children were identified in the Mil Info, you don't have to add two extra children to the Grid. You have no evidence that the soldier had four children. You know he had two kids and two kids have been added to the Grid. I hope this makes sense.
When you mark a child (or anyone) on the Grid as being found in the Mil Info, that means there was information in the Mil Info that you were able to use to identify that child. If there is no identifying information, please don't mark that child as found in the Mil Info.
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