How do you handle conflicts of gender in records?

MBJ1S

I came across an individual, G697-HB1, that died the same day they were born. The child was not given a name. The christening record has the individual as a daughter, while the burial record has the individual as a son. I have linked both records to the individual in FamilySearch. Since I found the christening record first, I entered the individual as a female

unnamed daughter of Joseph Mönnighoff gnt Hölscher & Anna Wilhelmina Cathar. Elisabeth Freese, was born 23 January 1857. (source: St Kunibertus Catholic Church Parish baptismal records, Büderich, Soest, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, volume 13, page 118)

https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/paderborn/DE_EBAP_24708/KB013-01-T/?pg=119

unnamed son of Joseph Mönnighoff gnt Hölscher & Anna Wilhelmina Cath. Elisab. Freese, died 23 January 1857 and was buried 27 January 1857. (source: St Kunibertus Catholic Church Parish burial records, Büderich, Soest, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, volume 15, page 10)

https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/paderborn/DE_EBAP_24708/KB015-01-S/?pg=10

Ulrich Neitzel

@MBJ1S

You could also enter the gender as "unknown".