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FamilySearch indexing is a volunteer transcription effort that makes valuable genealogical records freely searchable online. Since FamilySearch indexing began in 2006, this unprecedented crowdsourcing effort has produced more than one billion searchable records.
Hundreds of thousands of volunteer indexers have participated from around the world. Through this selfless effort, millions of people worldwide have found information and discovered stories about their ancestors.
Anyone can help and a little effort each day can go a long way.
How does it work?
This animated video gives a light-hearted, volunteer-level explanation of how indexing with FamilySearch works and why it is important for family history research.
Why is this important?
FamilySearch Indexing is vital to making records searchable online. This short video demonstrates how indexing helps people from long ago be remembered by their family members today when they're doing genealogy research.
So what are you waiting for?
Get started today:
Host an Indexing Event
Leaders and temple and family history consultants can work together to increase interest in family history by hosting an indexing event. These activities are a great way to encourage your ward and stake members to discover their own ancestors as they make family history discoveries possible for others.
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