Talk:World Archives Project: USHMM - Poland, Jews Displaced from Biała Podlaska to Mie̜dzyrzecz Podlaski, 1942

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Contents 1 Extra Keying Helps 2 Common Keying Errors Found by Reviewers 3 Questions and Answers 4 Suggestions/Additions

Extra Keying Helps

Stuff to watch for:

• Every so often the children will have a different surname (usually a spelling variant). Look inside the "Dzieci" header for a surname. That will apply specifically to the children.

Common Keying Errors Found by Reviewers

• Over-reliance on the drop-down lists. The place name lists are missing most of the diacriticals. Do not trust them. A large proportion of the errors I see are omitting the ł in Biała.
• Not keying childrens details in Dzieci box at bottom of page 1.
• Omitting records (we do key the crossed off children)
• Not keying as seen (no expanding abbreviations), key exactly as written, in exactly the amount of detail as written; don't forget the street address or province when it is present.
  • However, we do omit periods (full stops)
• The yes/no questions. The directions for Military obligation, marital status, and child remarks should be read carefully. As the correct input depends on who the question pertains to. The three yes/no questions on page two should always be filled out.
  • Nationality is NOT a yes/no question (key as seen)
• Omitting diacriticals
  • Wrong diacriticals, the most common are below

correct character	mistaken for
ł	t or l
ó	ò
ę (e-ogonek)	ȩ (e-cedilla) or g or j

Questions and Answers

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Suggestions/Additions

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