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Screen shots[edit]

Anyone want to add some screen shots to the article? cannona (talk) 22:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's now a 'test drive' page that will show you how the software works by allowing you to index a very simple record on the web and it shows you how it works as well. A couple of Youtube videos also exist showing how one indexes a record. However, there are so many different types of records being indexed that just one or two screenshots may not do the article justice. You can see images related to each project on the 'Projects' page at famiysearchindexing.org, and from there click on a project to get to the sample image links for each project. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.27.128.110 (talk) 04:34, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A few screen shots would be fantastic, but even better would be a picture of the entrance to the granite mountain vault. I don't think I have authority to include one, plus, I don't know how, being a rudimentary editor in Wikipedia. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:15, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The test drive looks nothing like the client romnempire (talk) 19:49, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about now, two years later? -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:25, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

What is the history & timeline of this particular effort (indexing digital scans)? -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 20:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Someone could watch this 5min video and construct the history/timeline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwpyERKWVK8 . . . Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately YouTube is not considered a reliable source for Wikipedia. Are you aware of another sources that has this (or similar) material which is more reliable? -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 22:24, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We could create a timeline watching the YouTube on the 'Granite Mountain Record Vault' and then verify with newspaper articles and asking experts. I'll work on it. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 01:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, There are TUTORIALS and HELP within the LDS Church website for INDEXING, fyi.[edit]

NOTE: You do not need to be LDS to participate (as an observer or participant).
To participate, you need to be older than 12, and if a teen, have parental approval.
Visit https://indexing.familysearch.org/newuser/nuhome.jsf?3.11.1
. . . and then click on the 'HELP' tab, to arrive at :::
https://indexing.familysearch.org/public/publications.jsf
. . . which contains beginning tutorials on INDEXING and other topics.
Seven languages are included: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese.
Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:04, 1 January 2012 (UTC) . . . "HTH" = "Hope this helps!"[reply]

Under HELP, click on TUTORIALS to arrive at these choices:

FamilySearch Indexing Tutorials

Lesson 1: Indexing
Lesson 2: Arbitration

Administration Tutorial

Lesson 3: Administration

Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC) . . . : Take a look to improve the WP Article.[reply]

I noticed that this wasn't included in the article, the fact that you don't have to be LDS to participate. I will see what I can find to use as a reliable source and add it when I can. Mwockenfuss1 (talk) 22:21, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Indexing Partner Societies[edit]

Notice at the bottom of the Article five societies that do not have WP pages. Other major societies participate. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 14:38, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An article on breaking the 50,000 barrier[edit]

FamilySearch indexing challenge set for July 20
by Christine Rappleye, Deseret News, July.14.2014

Summary: FamilySearch is looking for 50,000 or more indexers and arbitrators to help set a record for the most volunteer indexing participants online in a single day.

SALT LAKE CITY — FamilySearch is looking for 50,000 or more indexers and arbitrators to help set a record for the most volunteer indexing participants online in a single day, according to a news release. The Worldwide Indexing Event is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. MDT on Sunday, July 20, and go for 24 hours to 5:59 p.m. on Monday, July 21. Local start times and status updates can be found on the FamilySearch Facebook event page. Indexing is transcribing information from historical documents to make them searchable online. Arbitrators, who are advanced indexers, check to ensure consistency and accuracy in the process. Since FamilySearch indexing started in 2006, this crowdsourcing effort has produced more than 1 billion searchable records, according to the news release. To be counted in the record, each indexer or arbitrator must submit at least one indexing or arbitration batch during the 24-hour period. Volunteers and potential volunteers can visit familysearch.org/indexing for information. Indexing projects are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Polish, Swedish, Dutch, Russian and Japanese. Volunteers are invited to work on any project but are strongly encouraged to work in their native language. FamilySearch’s previous one-day record was 49,025 individual contributors, set on July 2, 2012.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865606761/FamilySearch-indexing-challenge-set-for-July-20.html
by Christine Rappleye, Deseret News, July 14, 2014
HTH, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 09:56, 2 August 2014 (UTC) The new world record: 66,511 participants in one day (crowdsourcing).[reply]

New NEWS today, for future editing[edit]

There are several useful articles, this is one:

Headline-1: Worldwide Arbitration Event

https://familysearch.org/blog/en/worldwide-arbitration-event/

QUOTE: "It is time to mark your calendars for the worldwide arbitration event taking place on May 1–8, 2015! The goal is to reduce the backlog of more than 6,500,000 images awaiting arbitration. Arbitrators all over the world will join together to help more ancestors be found than ever before. So spread the word, and invite your current and future arbitrators to participate in this history-making event. You may share this poster with your stake today." -- AstroU (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2015 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for future editing.[reply]

The results of the Worldwide Abritration Event are very hard to find--even with a Google-search. Only those who index and/or arbitrate will see the following 'news' item: "English/ Deutsch/ Español/ Italiano/ Nederlands/ Polski/ Português/ Русский / Svenska ... 8,658 arbitrators came together for the Worldwide Arbitration Event to arbitrate more than 1,042,454 images! Thank you for all your efforts in making it possible for more ancestors to be found! Share this participation badge with your friends on social media." -- AstroU (talk) 12:16, 12 May 2015 (UTC) -- PS: So that represents probably about 10million ancestors, indexed for researchers to discover, online.[reply]

Redirected from 'Indexing.FamilySearch.org' to under the umbrella of FamilySearch.org[edit]

From your web browser line, type 'Indexing.FamilySearch.org' (that used to take you to index and arbitrate) and you receive the following message: "Indexing Has Moved: Indexing has been moved to the FamilySearch website." -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 22:18, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
-- Check out details at https://familysearch.org/indexing/indexing-has-moved.

New NEWS today, for future editing[edit]

A "treasure trove" for genealogist in the Black American community!

Headline-1: Freedmen’s Bureau Records of 4 million former slaves to be released Friday

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/06/19/freedmens-bureau-records-of-4-million-former-slaves-released-today/?postshare=2111434732437065

QUOTE: "FamilySearch International, a subsidiary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Smithsonian Institution, is releasing 1.5 million digitized images that contain the names of up to 4 million former slaves collected by agents of the Freedman’s Bureau at the end of the Civil War. The release of information, called a “treasure trove,” by genealogical groups, coincides with the 150th anniversary of the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. On June 19, 1865 a Union general in Galveston, read aloud the contents of “General Order No. 3″, announcing the total emancipation of slaves, even though the Emancipation Proclamation has gone into effect two and a half years earlier." -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 12:03, 9 August 2015 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for future editing.[reply]

Types of records missing[edit]

This article only lists a couple of types of records that are available to be indexed and arbitrated. I know that there are several other types of records available, like naturalization records and marriage records. I'll see what I can find to add to the article, with sources. Mwockenfuss1 (talk) 22:30, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

independent sources needed[edit]

The subject of this article and every one of its references is owned by the LDS Church (primary sources). With no independent, 3rd party sources this article may be deleted upon request due to lack of notability. btw, the FamilySearch article isn't much better. 107.77.203.129 (talk) 01:36, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some independent sources and cleaned up some peacock language. I hope this helps! Glennfcowan (talk) 20:57, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]