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Catching mistakes

Stambeam checks your data while you enter it. That way you notice a child who seems to be born after the death of their mother before the mistake stays in your research.

Looking at the findings

1
Open the checks
Choose Tools, Checks. At the top you see how many errors, warnings and notes there are.
2
Read the finding
Each finding explains what is wrong, for example that a mother was too young at the birth.
3
Fix it or ignore it
Change the data, or choose Ignore. With Ignore for this person you give a reason, so a special case does not keep bothering you.
4
Check again
Click Check again to refresh the list.

Adjusting the rules

Under Tools, Rules you decide how strict a rule is: Error, Warning, Note or Off. You can also add rules of your own, such as “date A is before date B”.

A rule at level Error can stop a piece of data from being saved. If you do not want that, set it to Warning.

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