Family History Spirit

385,817 Stake YTD (148,275 Indexed & 237,542 Arbitrated)

  65,194 October Total (22,925 Indexed & 42,269 Arbitrated)

Indexers--A big thank you!  I hope each of you received a treat and Halloween Family History Spirit message within the last two weeks.
If you're new to indexing--We welcome you!

Here's the Halloween message for you:

 

 

Monthly Record Broken!

381,087 YTD Total

(145,699 indexed & 235,388 arbitrated)

60,464     ~~     October 27

 (20,349 indexed & 40,115 arbitrated)

Breaking August @ 57,536 
WE  ABSOLUTELY,     POSITIVELY,

            100% DID IT -- even early!
We beat our own monthly best!
iNDEXERS ARE INCREDIBLe!

Our indexers are great, hard workers!

When we do 60,000 the next two months
we will reach
500,000 -- HALF A MILLION

by the end of 2010!

We  have wonderfully dedicated indexers.

The waiting spirits
thank you!

The Granite Mountain Records Vault

372,685 Stake YTD Total (143,250 indexed & 229,435 arbitrated) 

 52,062  Monthly Total (October 24)

In the early '60's the LDS church had an open house at The Granite Mt Records Vault at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.   We were allowed to see where all the records being filmed around the world would be collected and stored.  Film copies would be made and sent to the FHL in SLC and FH Centers around the world.  This may have been the beginning of my interest in family history.  Not long after I took my first genealogy class at church.  Today one can't go into The Granite Mountain Vault unless you're an employee, but if you'd like to take a tour, view the movie first shown this last spring at the 2010 NGS National Convention in SLC.

Go to:  Granite Mountain Records Vault, Part 1

           Granite Mountain Records Vault, Part 2

This is where the digitizing of records take place so we can index them.

This is where the roots of
our great work begins!

On Our Way to Half a Million!

364,365 Stake YTD Total (140,885 Indexing -- 223,750 Arbitration)

Great work indexers.  This month we may even break our monthly high record.  Wow!  Our monthly history has been:

Indexers are amazing!

2010 Monthly Totals

18,058             January

18,439           February

30,107               March

25,071                 April

33,535                 May

30,080                June

57,536                 July

 52,151              August

   55,646         September

                                                               44,012         October 20

Our stake has made great progress this year in doing more indexing.

Our stake's 2009 Total:  138,811
(78,858 indexed & 59,953 arbitrated)

 We will index half-a-million with everyone's help.

Keep up the great work!

Keyboard Shortcuts, FSI Newsletter & Facebook

360,443 YTD total for Sandy, Utah Midvalley Stake

Today's FSI Newsletter had two inspiring stories which were so uplifting.

The FSI newsletter can be read at:  http://eepurl.com/bljRT
    Keyboard shortcuts link for quick reference: 

https://fch.ldschurch.org/fsinformation/Training/Indexing_Shortcuts.pdf

Join FSI on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/familysearchindexing

Please share your indexing story on this
"Indexing Joy" blog.

*My personal favorite quick tip is to use "Ctrl" and the mouse to move the "Highlights" to the place I want them.
Then use a left click to match the four corners to the form.

**Another personal favorite is when typing in columns place your answer in #1 or wherever you are, then right click and choose "Ditto Fields Below.
This works well for "Line", "Color", and sometimes "Places" if most are the same.
It's especially good when you get several blank lines together.

Indexing Joy

With indexed records bringing great joy to many this is a place for sharing the joys of being an indexer.  Anyone who has searched through many rolls of microfilm, fische, or books know what a wonderful blessing it is to find a name and record almost instantly, because someone cared to index the records.  Thankful prayers have been offered for record keepers with insight to make an index, use beautiful, easy-to-read handwriting, or make the record so complete that important information was found.

 Now we can help others, too.

Here's to all who find joy and a sense of accomplishment in indexing.
Share your joys of indexing!