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== 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.


A Summary of polish grammar can be found [http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/firstyear/nutshell.pdf here].

== Common Keying Errors Found by Reviewers  ==

*Over-reliance on the drop-down lists. The place name lists are missing most of the diacriticals. <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">Do not trust them. </span> A large proportion of the errors I see are omitting the Å in BiaÅa. 
*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) 
* Roman numerals: some people have just been automatically replacing every roman numeral they find with the name of the month. That is not correct for the non-month fields. If the field wants plaintext, roman numerals should be keyed as seen.
*V and W: Polish does not use v  (with the exception of roman numerals and some foreign words) w makes the v sound. David is a common English name, But in Polish, the name will be spelled Dawid. 
*Key years as seen. Do not expand, if it says 37 key 37 not 1937.
*Keying Miedzyrzeca instead of Wysiedleni do MiÄdzyrzeca (and its various spellings) on page 2
*Omitting Ã³w from end of mothers surname when there.
*Omitting diacriticals 
**Wrong diacriticals, the most common are below

{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
! correct character 
! mistaken for
|-
| Å 
| t or l
|-
| Ã³ 
| Ã²
|-
| Ä (e-ogonek) 
| È© (e-cedilla) or g or j
|}

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<span style="color: orange;">How are roman numerals being keyed in plaintext fields as X11 or XII etc? For consistency can that info be added to the instructions please?</span>

X11 is wrong (Romans used letters), XII would be correct. All the ushmm stuff is protected from editing. I'll have to ask about getting it updated. --[[User:Paulmd199|Paulmd199]] 20:52, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

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