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Anyone want to add some screen shots to the article? cannona ( talk) 22:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
What is the history & timeline of this particular effort (indexing digital scans)? -- 208.81.184.4 ( talk) 20:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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!"
Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 14:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC) . . . : Take a look to improve the WP Article.
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)
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Indexing is transcribing information from historical documents to make them searchable online.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).
There are several useful articles, this is one:
Headline-1: 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.
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.
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)
-- Check out details at
https://familysearch.org/indexing/indexing-has-moved.
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
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.
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)
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)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
FamilySearch Indexing article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Anyone want to add some screen shots to the article? cannona ( talk) 22:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
What is the history & timeline of this particular effort (indexing digital scans)? -- 208.81.184.4 ( talk) 20:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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!"
Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 14:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC) . . . : Take a look to improve the WP Article.
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)
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).
There are several useful articles, this is one:
Headline-1: 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.
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.
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)
-- Check out details at
https://familysearch.org/indexing/indexing-has-moved.
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
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.
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)
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)