Indexing

What is Indexing:
Birth, marriage, church, death, immigration, military, probate, land and other records are gathered from around the world and each record is photographed.  Images are then sent to a storage facility in Salt Lake City.  The images are stored on microfilm and microfiche.  From microfilm and microfiche, each image is then scanned into individual images and the images are then put online for Indexing projects.
Why Indexing:
Indexing helps records become searchable databases.  Identifying information such as names or dates can then be searched by computers. Indexing also makes records available online rather than the limited previous availability on microfilm at local Family History Libraries.  All of the indexed records are available online at FamilySearch.org. When you search at FamilySearch.org, the records searched are the ones that have already been indexed by volunteers.  
How to Index:
This past week I finally signed up for indexing.  Oh the fun!  It is so easy to sign up and begin.  There are so many helps and it is very user friendly. 
To sign up go here and click on the indexing tab at the top:
 Then you will come to this page:

You have to sign in and sign up, download the software and then you can begin.  Watch the "Introduction" at the bottom of right corner.  It explains in more depth what Indexing is. 

Start with the easy projects and be sure to read the helps in the bottom right hand corner.  Also watch the quick video once you have signed up it will teach you how to begin.

After you have indexed a project you can then set goals for yourself.  The FamilySearch Indexing program also keeps track of  the number of names you have indexed and it gives you points for each batch you have indexed.  You receive points depending upon the difficultly of the batch.

Go sign up and get indexing. 
Feel the rewards of doing family history work.

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