Egregious errors on the census manuscript - Age and Gender

Here's a reminder of what to do when there are egregious errors on the census manuscript.

If you find an egregious error on the manuscript, leave the field blank, and input the INCORRECT information in the Remarks field. You may do this for both AGE and GENDER/SEX. Here are a couple of examples.

Age: This is not for a difference of a few years. This is for situations when the manuscript says the individual is 7, but you know he is 80.

Gender/sex: If the manuscript lists Elizabeth as a DAUGHTER and a MALE, then leave the Gender blank, and input the INCORRECT information in the Remarks.

One inputter just had a situation where the veteran's sibling was Martha/Female in one decade and Matthew/Male in the next. Because they aren't people we search for, she is not taking the time to sort this out (nor should she). She has no way to know which is correct, so she will just input what she sees and make a SHORT note in the remarks explaining the situation.

If you're not sure, please ask your supervisor.

I'm sending out this reminder because our boss noticed that a lot of veterans' children were switching genders. Occasionally, this is legitimate because we can't figure out what gender the child is. If this is the case, enter what you see and make a short note in the remarks. Most of the time we know, and there is an error on the manuscript. When this happens, please follow the instructions above.