September 27, 2011

1871 UK England and Wales Census

1871 UK England and Wales census
Occupation - If listed as Farmer's wife, Farmer's son, etc., index what is on the document. - If more than one occupation is written, enter each separated by a space with no punctuation.  If the document has "and" between them - plumber and joiner- index it is as it is on the document.  If there is an ampersand replace it with the word and.

September 22, 2011

Millions of Names Added

Among the 16 million records added to FamilySearch.org  this week, over six million are from the United States, including new collections from California, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, and Vermont. Additionally, five million new Civil Registration and Catholic Church records from Mexico are now available for free viewing at FamilySearch.org. Begin searching now!

Searchable records on FamilySearch.org are made possible by thousands of volunteers from around the world who transcribe (index) the information from handwritten records to make it searchable by computer. More volunteers are needed to help accelerate this important work of preserving and freely publishing important genealogical records. To learn more about the FamilySearch indexing program, visit indexing.familysearch.org

September 20, 2011

Washington DC

We are having a bit of an issue with place names:  District of Columbia and Washington, D C are both in the county look up and District of Columbia is also in the state AND city LUL.
Our discussion on this issue centered on ‘type what you see,’ and what fields are being populated.  Specific questions might be answered based on the project and what is being indexed.  In general we view Washington as a city, not a county or state.  DC or District of Columbia is not a city or a county or a state, but we would probably consider it to be properly indexed in a state field, not city or county.
 France Protestant Church Records This project has been changed to an advanced level project.

 France Protestant Church Records  They have run into some images that are from the 1500's.  They are in very good condition.  However, the regional form of French used is not typical French.  They are going to have to be done by a special scrub team.  If you download a batch, please have them return them using the Review Image option. Thank you.

September 15, 2011

Basic Indexing Guidelines - Names

Sep 15, 2011, McD or Mc (space) D  [2:20:10 PM]  McDonald versus Mc Donald- it is now official to tell indexers to index this type of name without the space.
Indexers the indexing program is now asking us to index these types of names without the space between the Mc and the rest of the name as shown.

September 10, 2011

Sept 10, 2011  [11:49:55 AM]  Alabama County Marriages 
 If you cannot open batches from this project.  They are batches from the film that was pulled back  to
make corrections to the project. Thank you for your patience.

September 08, 2011

West Virginia Wills Project


The West Virginia Wills project has been released and ready for indexing below is some information that will help you with your indexing questions about the project.  As you download the batches please read the Field Helps and Project Instructions before you start indexing.  If the images here are to small to read please increase the size of the blog by clicking on the small magnifing glass in the lower right corner of your screen.