Grandchildren progress report - April 29

Here is our progress on the Grandchildren sample as of yesterday, April 29, 2020.

Grandchildren Sample	POW	Non-POW	Total
Total RecIds Completed	358	397	755
RecIds Completed in the Last Week	19	18	37
% Sample Completed	--	--	26.7
Total Grandchildren (including new)	--	--	33639
New Grandchildren Added	452	599	1051
Total Grandchildren Completed	4451	4924	9375
% Grandchildren Completed	--	--	27.87
Birth Dates Added	4428	4850	9278
Death Dates Added	3874	4389	8263
Death Causes Added	763	929	1692
Found 1930	1869	1859	3728
Found 1940	2411	2618	5029
Living Grandchildren	58	65	123
New Living Male-line Great Grandsons Found	124	293	417
New Living Male Greats Found in Last Week	15	8	23
Child Death Causes Added	--	--	115

Total sample = 2826

We completed 37 soldiers and 411 grandchildren.

A story from one of our families

Thanks to Irene for sharing this information about Lenore Kipp (grandchild of one of our soldiers) and her husband, actor Joseph Cotten.

Irene shared a few links about the couple. I especially like the photo with Orson Welles.

Find A Grave

Obit

Article about their marriage

Picture

Here is Cotten's Wikipedia page.

1930 and 1940 census on the death screen

I don't think we've done it before, so we will do it now. A new rule: only input census for the soldiers' grandchildren on the death screen. If you feel you need to input the census for anyone else, please use the regular 1930 and 1940 inputting screens.

If you discover that you've input information for 1930 and 1940 on the death screen that you shouldn't have input (wrong person, wrong generation, already input), please delete it. You cannot just uncheck the boxes for 1930 and 1940. All this does is hide the inputting fields on the screen. The data are still there. Please go into each of the fields and delete the unwanted information; then uncheck the box.

Mystery masks

Noelle thought you all might like to see what the masks she received yesterday are used for. She might have enough to give away, so let her know if you want to try one. If you do, you'll probably need to post a photo for everyone to see. 😀

Grandchildren progress report - April 22

Here is our progress on the Grandchildren sample as of yesterday, April 22, 2020. I hope you all had a happy Earth Day!

Grandchildren Sample	POW	Non-POW	Total
Total RecIds Completed	339	379	718
RecIds Completed in the Last Week	30	7	37
% Sample Completed	--	--	25.4
Total Grandchildren (including new)	--	--	33635
New Grandchildren Added	452	599	1051
Total Grandchildren Completed	4240	4724	8964
% Grandchildren Completed	--	--	26.65
Birth Dates Added	4217	4651	8868
Death Dates Added	3698	4200	7898
Death Causes Added	685	875	1560
Found 1930	1790	1793	3583
Found 1940	2316	2522	4838
Living Grandchildren	58	63	121
New Living Male-line Great Grandsons Found	109	285	394
New Living Male Greats Found in Last Week	21	0	21
Child Death Causes Added	--	--	111

Total sample = 2826

We completed 37 soldiers and 493 grandchildren of those soldiers. Great work!