Welcome - 1940 Census

Welcome - 1940 Census

2011 August Totals

383,047 YTD Total

(246,549 Indexed and
136,498 Arbitrated)

10,700 August Monthly Total

(9,460 Indexed and 1,240 Arbitrated)

 Thank you for your indexing work.  It's gotten harder for us as the 1930 federal census records were completed, but the work still goes on.  We have many records that will be so valuable for research:  birth, marriage, death, state census records, etc. help us to give

valuable information to family members.

 
Thank you for being such

great people

to give of yourself in service. 

 

Lorraine Openshaw--A Great Indexer!

Lorraine, thanks for the great work you do!

Lorraine started doing extraction work about 1998
making cards with names from microfilm.
One day early 2008 while reading about indexing in the Ensign, she followed the directions, then became one of our stake's top indexers.  She has been one of the most consistent indexers and arbitrators having done more than 100,000 records.  Lorraine loves to read and work on jigsaw and crossword puzzles.  Her and her husband show a classic 1958 Ford at car shows.  Lorraine was a mortgage loan officer at a credit union when employed.
Lorraine is a member of the 7th ward.

Thank you, Lorraine, for being a great,
faithful indexer/arbitrator!

July YTD and Monthly Totals

373,335 YTD Total

(238,077 Indexed & 135,258 Arbitrated)

12,840 July Total

(10,181 Indexed and 2,659 Arbitrated)

We've done a great job this year!
Since census records are completed
it takes longer to index and arbitrate.
Let's do the best we can to
keep contributing!
  Your work is so appreciated.

June and YTD 2011 Indexing Totals

362, 321 YTD

(229,182 Indexed & 133,139 Arbitrated)

60,295 June Total

(37,294 Indexed & 23,001 Arbitrated)

   When it gets

 and

yourself.  Go into your cool home or under an umbrella, get a chilly drink and
sit down to index a batch or two.

You'll feel good all over!

Tips During Busy Indexing Times

Here's a post on the Indexing Facebook Wall that might be helpful:

Tips to avoid possible issues during busy indexing times

by FamilySearch Indexing on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10:48am

A message was just posted to the indexing program--you can find it under My Messages--with 10 steps to follow if you want to try to avoid possible issues today. We know that's a lot of steps and you don't have to follow them, but we'd love to hear feedback from those who did. Did the steps work for you?

Here are the steps with an important note at the end:

1.  Before 1:00 p.m. on Sunday (MDT, UTC-6), download up to 10 batches.
2. Open each batch to make sure the information is saved to your computer.
3. On the indexing start page (or the My Work page), click the Work Offline box.
4. Click OK. Note: You do not need to disconnect your computer from the Internet; you are simply telling the program not to connect to the indexing server while you index these batches.
5. Do not close your indexing program. Keep your computer on and your indexing program open until you have completed and submitted all 10 batches.
6. Work on your batches. You will not be able to submit or save your batches while in "offline" mode.
7. When you have completed all of your batches, return to the indexing start page, and click the Work Offline box to remove the check mark and return to "online" mode.
8. Click OK on the dialog box. Note: You should already be connected to the Internet.
9. Highlight each batch, and click Submit Batch.
10. Download more batches if you like, and start over at step 2.

If, while submitting your batches, you receive a message to update your program, this is an error. You do not need to update. Simply click OK. Let the program close. Wait a few minutes, and open the program again using the desktop icon. Once the program is open, try submitting your batch again.