Weekly update - December 15, 2021

Here is our weekly update for December 15, 2021. 

Wives of Sons and Grandsons

·         We’ve collected 10,778 wives of 9,924 sons and grandsons

·         Only one person is still working on wives. We are deciding whether another person can help her finish.

 

# Sons of veteran	3352
# Grandsons of veteran	6572
# Wives of sons and grandsons	10778
# Veterans complete	1932
Total # veterans	1959
% sample complete	98.6

 

·         Limited 1940 census variables for Sample B grandsons

o   Those of us who have finished our work on the wives sample are adding 1940 variables to the death screen for grandsons

o   We have completed 1026 soldiers or 56.2% of Sample B

·         It will not take us much longer to finish the limited 1940 variables. What should we do next? Add death screens for Sample B granddaughters?

 

MVCC Update

Now that finals are over, Giles is waiting to be set up as an NBER consultant before resuming work on the MVCC screen fixes, changes and report functions.

Some fun days in December

Thanks to AnnaLisa for giving us information on special days to celebrate this month. 

December 7- International Civil Aviation Day and National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 8- Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day

December 11- Have a Bagel Day

December 12- Gingerbread House Day

December 13- Hot Cocoa Day

December 15- Cat Herders Day

December 16- Chocolate Covered Anything Day

December 18- Bake Cookies Day

December 25- Christmas Day

December 26- Thank You Note Day

December 27- Visit the Zoo Day

December 30- Bacon Day

December 31- New Year's Eve

Weekly update - December 1, 2021

Here is our weekly update for December 1, 2021. 

Wives of Sons and Grandsons

·         We’ve collected 10,495 wives of 9,650 sons and grandsons

 

# Sons of veteran	3267
# Grandsons of veteran	6383
# Wives of sons and grandsons	10495
# Veterans complete	1889
Total # veterans	1962
% sample complete	96.3

 

Update on Full-count Merging

·         Coralee has been working on the 1940 full count census merging and has discovered more problems than initially anticipated in merging with our data.  Here are the problems she has found:

 

o   The variables that the IPUMS people suggested merging on aren't in 1940 after all, not in the IPUMS file or in the GEDCOMs. Coralee has some alternate ideas for merging, but it will take longer to figure out.

 

o   The mechanical matching of the names (finding the most similar name on the page) is going to be very problematic for women with maiden/married names. Coralee thinks she has a way around this problem, but, again, it will just will take longer.

 

o   The biggest issue is that when she looks closely at one person in all three places (our sample, the full-count, and the census manuscript), the variables that we are interested in are null values in the full-count file, but present on the census manuscript. This is a sample size of one, she says, so maybe this problem isn't as widespread after all. She is looking at it closer today.

 

·         Coralee is also still working on getting occupation codes from 1930. With the amount of time it will take her to do 1940, she was wondering if maybe it would be better for the inputters to go back to the manuscripts for 1940 values and input them in the 1940 screen (or the 1940 section on the obit screen) while she finishes the 1930 work.  However, we realize we are limited in time before people’s contracts run out.

Weekly update - November 17, 2021

Here is our weekly update for November 17, 2021. 

Wives of Sons and Grandsons

·         We’ve collected 9,921 wives of 9,118 sons and grandsons

 

# Sons of veteran	3086
# Grandsons of veteran	6032
# Wives of sons and grandsons	9921
# Veterans complete	1779
Total # veterans	1962
% sample complete	90.7

 

·         We should be finished with the wives collection in a few weeks.

 

MVCC Update

·         Due to whiplash from a car accident the end of the semester approaching, Giles says that reports development for the MVCC screens has slowed significantly.

 

Grands Progress

·         Coralee continues working on the full count census merging process.

 

·         She is finalizing the grands dataset, making sure the codebook is current and data is ready.

 

·         She has the codebook up ready for us to review and edit.  We are trying to determine the best method for accomplishing this so that several of us can provide input.

 

·         Sandy completed the location coding, so Coralee will now incorporate those codes into the dictionary and then update the grands dataset with the new codes.

 

End of Project

·         Alterra has requested that Noelle send her a list of equipment that people have at home along with as much detail as possible, including acquisition dates.  Someone, maybe Annalisa, should be able to find this information on the server, probably in the last (2019?) tax inventory. 

 

Future Possibilities

·         Are any UCLA grad students working with the data that might have some ideas for future grants?

Some fun days in November

Thanks to AnnaLisa for giving us information on special days to celebrate this month. 

November 6- Nachos Day

November 7- Hug a Bear Day (please be careful with this one)

November 9- World Freedom Day

November 11- Veterans Day and Singles Day

November 13- World Kindness Day

November 15- America Recycles Day

November 18- Apple Cider Day

November 21- World Hello Day

November 25- Thanksgiving Day

November 26- Cake Day

November 28- French Toast Day

November 29- Electronic Greetings Day

Weekly update - October 20, 2021

Here is our weekly update for October 20, 2021.

Wives of Sons and Grandsons

·         We’ve collected 8,243 wives of 7,566 sons and grandsons.

# Sons of veteran	2565
# Grandsons of veteran	5001
# Wives of sons and grandsons	8243
# Veterans complete	1455
Total # veterans	1962
% sample complete	74.2

 

 

 

Grands Progress

·         Coralee continues to work on the codebook and will assign out more location coding. She is also beginning to make some progress linking 1940.   

MVCC Update

 

·         Giles is working on the report functions for the MVCC screens.

 

New photos - Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado

 Here are some photos I took in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado.

We visited Ayres Natural Bridge near Douglas, Wyoming.

These are the Oregon Trail Ruts. Over years of use, ruts up to about 5 feet deep were carved into the rocks. Sorry, you can't tell how deep they are in the photos.

There are giant cowboy boots all around Cheyenne.

We drove to the summit of what used to be the Lincoln Highway.

Then drove along the Snowy Range Scenic Byway and went on a short hike.

We saw a moose!

We visited Scotts Bluff National Monument. It was here that we began to notice that landmarks in the area were often named for people who died near them. In this case, Hiram Scott was deserted by his companions.

This is part of the original Oregon Trail.

My cousin's cantaloupe plant.

We hung some medals and phots on the wall. This is my great grandfather Abraham.

Some flowers. I think I have this first one oriented wrong, but I kind of like it this way.

We met some rescued otters and a sloth that can paint.

We wandered around Pine Bluffs.