Suggestion 642 Location too early in death location

Date: 20 Oct 2017
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_642

Description of Error - 642: Location too early in death location

This error occurs when the Death Location field contains a country name before that country existed. The Death Location field needs to contain the country's name when the death took place.

Content of info column: Country and cutoff date.

Possible Causes

Wrong location name is used for the time period... Checked locations are:

• Northern Ireland before 3 May 1921
• UK / United Kingdom / Great Britain before 1 Jan 1801

Action Steps

• Update the location name to a name that was used when the event took place...

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Technical Stuff

Location is checked that it ends with country name. So (Country) in parentheses is not found as an error. Comparison is case insensitive.

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