Indexing

I have caught the indexing bug.  After listening to my mom talk about how to do this I decided I could do this.  Mom is the geneology consultant for her stake. She and my dad are teaching the youth how to index.  I have been interested for a while but didn't fully understand it.  Mom explained that it was a program that you downloaded to your computer, then you download batches (up to 10 at a time).  They stay in your file for up to a week.  If you don't complete them they return to the batch.  I learned you can do it offline and then submit them when you can connect to the internet.  Perfect for me!  There are so many slow times at work indexing is a great way to take up the time.  It helps me feel like I am contributing to geneology without huge time commitments researching.  The big indexing project is the 1940 US Census.  My mom completed one from each state in two weeks.  I haven't been able to do each state, but have done one from the majority of the states.  I am grateful for technology that is making it possible to share so much information all over the world to help connect families together.  For those interested in indexing here is the link to the family search indexing site. www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing