Record with age bracket

Áine Ní Donnghaile

The 1895 New Jersey Census used wide age brackets, rather than ages: under 5, 5 to 20, 20 to 60, over 60.

My grandfather (4th line) was born on 25 June 1893 and is appropriately classified as under age 5.

The Profile Score Summary throws an error message that the date of birth conclusion (exact) does not match the "date of +1890" (which I understand to mean after 1890).

The exact date of birth is documented multiple times on the profile, with birth, baptism, military, and Social Security records attached. A census is an inexact reference to age/year of birth at best. The broad ranges used in the 1895 NJ make it less exact than the norm. The wording of the inconsistency at least needs to be changed because it appears to indicate that the census is more reliable than records of the birth event.

Thank you.

roberthparker3

Thanks for bringing this up. I have created DIO-3742 to address the issue.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

Thanks @roberthparker3

Áine Ní Donnghaile

I'm going to nitpick that the change is not better.

Now, since the change has been implemented, the interpretation of the year of birth on the census (under 5 in 1895) has been made to appear more exact than it is.

Thank you.