The 1950 Federal Census will be released by the National Archives on April 1, 2022, 72 years after they began collecting data on the 150 million Americans living in the states and territories at the time! How can you help? Sign up to help the extraction process! This extraction will be unique. The records will first go through an… Read More The 1950 Census Indexing Project NEEDS YOU
A few months ago, I was going through a little bit of a funk and felt kind of blah. I thought I needed to do something to help me get my mind off what I was feeling. I remembered hearing a while ago that doing Temple and Family History work would help with what I… Read More The Gift of Indexing
At RootsTech 2020, Ty Davies, the Records Portfolio Director for Family Search, talked about the amazing developments occurring with respect to indexing, including the following: At the rate we are indexing it will take us 170 years just to index the images currently available. The process of indexing takes about two years from the photographing… Read More Indexing – Alive and Well
There is a very good chance that the record of your ancestor you found on Family Search to expand your family tree, is there because of the efforts of someone who took time to index that record. Indexing makes records searchable online. When you index, you help connect families by typing up historical documents so… Read More Why Index?
Indexing is such a great way to introduce yourself to family history if you haven’t already begun. If you are already involved in family history, you’ve seen the benefits of indexing as blue hint boxes pop up on your screen signifying a source hint for an ancestor. Indexing is a great –and fun—way to help… Read More Indexing – Making Important Records Searchable