FamilySearch Indexing | How it Works

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.

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[Shannaindexing]

Great video. I had a High Priest Group Leader tell me yesterday he would have paid money for this video two years ago! It really helped him understand the process.

[GenealogistBuchanan]

This is a great 2-minute video for explaining Indexing.

[EnriqueField]

Indexando, brindamos a otras personas, la posibilidad de encontrar a sus antepasados.Esto nos permite conocer mas sobre nuestra familia y preparar lo que dejaremos a nuestra descendencia.Es una hermosa y gran tarea!Gracias por el video.

[BarbaraVanHeel]

Thanks for the tip! It worked like a charm. And I've needed this for a long time!

[ralph]

The most important thing anyone can do as an indexer is to FOLLOW INSTRUCTION!
Sorry, I didn't mean to yell, but this is sacred work and the indtrucions are available along with fild helps, so, if you choose to index -- commit to do it by the instruction. There are basi guidelines (document 112975) and there are project specific instructions. We need to follow them.

[BeatrizIMoro]

Dear Shanna, you can download it using this website:Keep vid. Enter the link, click the grey button on the right (the grey one!!!) then you can choose the format. It works! ;) xoxo

[paulwilkins]

Once volunteers do the transcribing do you then sell the transcriptions to Ancestry and FindMyPast?

[hawaiian-cerveza]

oh man, so many of the names are hard to read, especially in cursive.

[kathyhall]

Can I do indexing if I'm not a member of the LDS church?

[jayr]

Any other way I can find photos of my old relatives IF my family or distant relatives do not have them?? Maybe like finding a copy of ID or something like that???

[armama]

What so I need to do to be a family indexer?

[bobfl]

How is the indexing verified. Easy for a tired person to make errors. Does say two people index the same record that would make verification easy.

[Shannaindexing]

Are these videos available anywhere besides youtube? Access is blocked in LDS meetinghouses.

[rainydaywoman]

How many on here have had your genealogy done to see if you're related to famous people?

[matiashuamani]

HI EVERY ONE.
DO YOU KNOW IF WE HACE THESE VIDEOS IN SPANISH?

[Exaltaweb]

And now... computers can index too thanks to the inspiration creating AI!