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What do we do with blank lines on a sheet?

McConnellCurtisWilliam56
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May 12 edited May 12 in 1950 US Census

I have come across a couple of instances where there are blank lines at the end of the page.

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I assume that we are supposed to skip those households but I am not sure which option to choose.

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They aren't really vacant households. They are just blank lines. What do I select?

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  • d2f
    d2f mod
    May 12 edited May 12

    Checking the statement "Another reason..." allows you to specify that there is no information on that respective line of the record. Although I have not been able to find and try this, you can probably select all of the blank lines at one time as if they were a household and apply the reason statement.

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  • KarenHammel1
    KarenHammel1 ✭
    August 5

    Would it be possible to allow "skip Household" to be applied to more than one line at a time? I find when say half the document is blank, I still have to answer "Skip Household" question on each & every line that is blank.

    It would be nice if we could group all the blank lines together.

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  • AndLinda
    AndLinda mod
    August 6

    @KarenHammel1, that would be nice to group all the blank lines together. Please report it when you see it as was suggested above. Then it would be nice if you would make that suggestion in the comment section of the report. Or you can make that suggestion on the home page of 1950 census in the Feedback located on the left side of the page.

    Thank you for all you are doing.

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  • CaptBob
    CaptBob ✭✭✭
    August 9

    A bit of a shortcut for blank rows - click in all of the boxes for the rows, then click "next" ? And then 'skip household'

    Saves half the clicks. A shortcut to select 'ALL rows, below' would be very helpful, though.

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