I have been into family history since I was a teenager. I have served as a family history consultant in many wards for many years. This year I was called to be the Indexing Coordinator in my ward. Some people think that if you are good at family history you are good at indexing. I can tell you that is not the case. I do a lot of family history but I haven't done much in the way of indexing.
For those of you who don't know what indexing is I will explain. The LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake has Billions of family history records such as census records, military records, parish records, land and probate records, ect. A few years ago the church decided to digitize all the records they could and make them available online. They also wanted to make sure these records were searchable so that's where the indexing came in. Volunteers all over the word get on line and index the information on all of these records. This is an on going project and they are always looking for volunteers. My calling is to help and keep track of the people in my ward that are indexing.
The people in the ward that have callings that had to do with family history had a meeting with the bishop last night. They included my indexing calling in that group. It was a very good meeting. I'm glad that my bishop is so excited about indexing and family history. I am now more committed than ever to learn more about indexing and get more involved in that project.
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