Weekly update - June 2, 2021

Here is our weekly update for June 2, 2021.

We are preparing the data from Grands Samples A and B for release and are wondering how we want to present it since the samples look different and we had wanted to release it as one sample. Noelle’s suggestion was to serve the data from the GEDCOMS but say that we have some additional data elsewhere, including some death causes.  Coralee could also put in dummy variables for POW exchange period, POW non-exchange period, etc., or other dummy variables if needed.  The Codebook is not ready and cannot be finalized until we decide on what the data will be and how we plan to release it.  Heather is currently preparing link files, etc.  

Currently the samples look different as illustrated below:

                Sample A data

·         Contains death screens for all grandchildren with the following information if available:

o   Name

o   Gender

o   Birth year and location

o   Death year and location

o   Burial location

o   Occupation

o   Death cause

o   1930 URL

o   1940 URL

 

Sample B data

·         Initially we did no death screens and attached death and birth information to the tree in the GEDCOM

·         When we started collecting WWII draft cards, we started entering death screens for all grandsons.  So for all the grandsons in Sample B, we input information similar to Sample A above.  We did not input anything for granddaughters.

 

GEDCOM data for both Samples

·         Birth year and location

·         Death year and location

·         1930 and 1940 locations

·         Gender

·         Burial location

·         Name

·         Military dates and location for some

Note: The GEDCOM data would lack occupation, death cause  that the input data has.  

 

·         Draft cards

o   We are finished inputting draft cards for both Sample A and Sample B.

 

	Sample A	Sample B
Found	4950	8980
Total searched	6471	11,780
Link rate (Total searched)	76.5%	76.2%
Dead before draft	765	1516
Already in service	56	77
Living outside country	25	30
Too young (or not born)	221	196
H/W blank on draft card or enlistment card	96	142
Draft records unavailable/destroyed	27	90
Too old	2	41
NF -- any other reason	329	708
TOTAL NF	1521	2800
% of Total grandsons searched	100%	100%

 

Extra 1,067 Sons sample

·         104 of 172 veterans have been completed.