New Grands/Greats pilot instructions

 Thanks to Sandy for writing the instructions.

I.                    PRELIMINARY

a.       Put start time down next to soldier

b.      Go to first child and write start time

 

II.                  THE GRANDS

a.       Go to first grand, search and attach 1930 and 1940 to the tree if not already there

b.      Mark the log accordingly for 1930 and 1940 (X, NF, D), if not already marked

c.       Find the WWII draft card if the grand is a male and attach to tree.

d.      Open the image of draft card and enter the height (converted to inches) and weight (pounds) for the male grand on the log. Note: the index doesn’t always include the fraction of inches so you’ll have to open the image.   

 

III.                THE GREATS

a.       Add the Spouse of Grand

                                                               i.      Follow the grand to see if married with any children (greats)

                                                             ii.      Add spouse of grand to the tree and to the grid if they had children

                                                            iii.      Add CHID to the tree for the spouse of grand

                                                           iv.      See if hints give birth and death for spouse and save to tree, but don’t search unless it becomes necessary to find an obituary for the spouse to lead you to the greats

b.      Add Greats on Tree and Grid

                                                               i.      Add any greats to the tree

                                                             ii.      Add greats to the grid.

                                                            iii.      Make sure each great has 2 parents’ relcodes, with the first parent being the descendant of the veteran.

                                                           iv.      Enter CHIDS for greats on the tree

c.       Find and Record Info For Greats

                                                               i.      Search for birth and death for greats.

                                                             ii.      Save any WWII drafts from hints to the greats.

                                                            iii.      Enter in log the number of male greats and female greats for each grand

                                                           iv.      Enter in log the number of WWII draft cards found for the male greats

d.      When finished with the set of greats for one grand, go to the next grand

e.      When all grands and greats are finished for one child, go to next child and record the time

IV.                Finishing

a.       Download all your completed family trees

b.      Send the completed log and GEDCOMs to Heather

 

A note about WWII draft cards: There is an issue for old man’s draft cards (for men born between 1877 -1897) from the following states: DE, MD, PA, WV.  They were microfilmed with a back and front of the card in one image, but the two sides do not go together.  You have to get the front of the card from the first image and click on the following image (clicking on the arrow to the right of your card) to get the back side that corresponds to your guy.

 

 

 

First image

ALGERON Sidney Jenkins is the top card in this image

 

 The bottom card is NOT Algernon

Subsequent image

The top card is Allen Albert Jenkins’ front card

The bottom card is ALGERNON JENKINS back card