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FamilySearch Indexing Project |
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The Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group has been designated as a team by the management of the FamilySearch Indexing project. We have been given permission to add people to the team and provide assistance for our members. It is our goal to motivate our members to join the project and to commit to index at least one batch per month As part of the huge undertaking initiated by the Family History Department of the LDS Church to digitize the vast collection of microfilmed records in their vaults, they have developed a new methodology for indexing records. This system allows anyone with a computer to participate. So many old records are being transferred to digital format that at the former indexing speed, they wouldn’t have been available for searching for several thousand years. Many thousands of new volunteers throughout the world can be involved in in indexing these important records. The only prerequisites are that participants have a very basic level of computer skills, access to the Internet, and a commitment to spending at least half an hour or so per month doing the indexing. |
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