Possible bug in comparing a page to the next (or previous) page, 1950 Census
I encountered what may be a bug in the computer coding that is supposed to let reviewers check the next Census page for other household members, so I thought I should bring that to your attention.
In Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, I was reviewing all the households on the 1950 Census page that includes my family. At one point, the computer mistakenly jumped me forward one page, and I happened to notice that the first name on that next page appeared to belong in the same household as the bottom name (Jack W. Atkins, head) on the preceding page I was reviewing. But when I went back to that previous page (with my family and Jack W. Atkins) and tried to review the Atkins household, it would not let me implement the option of adding someone from the next page to that household. Instead, it kept showing me the same page I was on (with my family and the Jack Atkins line), and saying that was the next page. So, I was never able to complete the Jack W. Atkins household.
If that is a general bug, it could introduce many errors in household composition nationwide. (Another potential bug concerns why I was erroneously prompted with the next page while reviewing a household in the middle of the page I was working on, but I can't describe exactly how that happened so maybe it was my error.)
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@BurkeGrandjean, that sounds like it could be a bug for sure. Please report this in the Feedback on the main/landing page of the 1950 census so that the engineers can be made aware of this is a more timely and efficient manner.
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