Temple & Family History Center Links and Resources November-December 2017

Temple & Family History Center Resources

Jordan North 1st Ward - Salt Lake Jordan North Stake

Indexing Blessings

Above link goes to a blog on familysearch.org

Top 4 Reasons not to index and why they shouldn't stop you.

Sweeten the Sabbath with Family History

Above link goes to article in August 2017 Ensign

Prophets Urge Accuracy and Sourcing Presentation

We are grateful for the efforts of our wonderful indexers and arbitrators.

From Elder Howard Cheney

Click Here to read "From the Arbitration Desk - From Elder Howard Cheney"

Light the World by Indexing

25 days 25 ways to change the world calendar

5 Ways to Light the World with Family History

Indexing Terms

Web Indexing Program Videos and PDFs

Click Here for a guided tour of Web Indexing

Click Here for Starting to index (web) for the first time


Here are 5 very short videos that will introduce you to the new Web Indexing Program. They were made by Jason Pierson of FamilySearch.

Links to PDF or Docx documents.
Indexing Terms
Basic Guide to Family Search Indexing
Indexing Flyer Single Page
Web Indexing Handout 1
Web Indexing Handout 2
Click here to learn to change web indexing preferences 
Deciphering Difficult Handwriting
Prophets Urge Accuracy and Sourcing Presentation


Below Videos are by Stephen Worley
Click for A Quick Tour of the Web Indexing Home Page

Click If you're having trouble getting to grips with duplicate images, here's a step by step explanation in this video:

and
Click Here For More Helpful Videos


How redeeming the dead redeemed me.

Web Indexing

Easy one-click indexing access

Click here for instructions on creating a desktop icon



Suggested projects:

See our Adopted Projects!
Click and look toward the bottom left 
"Adopted Projects" on our Ward Page.


Set a goal to do 1000 records.
Once you've index 1000 records 
You may be a peer reviewer.
See Web indexing—Getting started with peer review


See the link below

Language Indexing Is Easy!

No language experience required.

President Monson summed up the balance between faith and works as it pertains to family history very well with the following:

"The Lord expects you and me to perform our family history work well. I think the first thing we must do if we are to perform our work well is to have the Spirit of our Heavenly Father with us. When we live as righteously as we know how to live, He will open the way for the fulfillment of the blessings that so earnestly and diligently we seek.

We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice. Therefore, we must plunge into this work, and we must prepare for some uphill climbing. This is not an easy task, but the Lord has placed it upon you, and He has placed it upon me." ("Hastening the Work:, June 2014 Ensign)

The Spirit is the most important thing, but we are counseled in D&C 9:7-8 that in order to receive the guidance of the Spirit, we must first “study it out in [our minds].” Former YW General President Ardeth Kapp (Deseret News, March 31, 2006) and former RS General President Bonnie Parkin (Church News, November 27, 2004) both used the phrase “good information makes for good inspiration.”

If we don't learn how to find records to verify information and relationships, correctly find and resolve duplicates, etc. (the "uphill climbing") it is difficult for the Spirit to teach us to "perform our family history work well."

 

Family History Hints & Tricks

Indexing Terms

Prophets Urge Accuracy and Sourcing Presentation 

Deciphering Difficult Handwriting

Indexing -- More Than One Way to Enter Data 

Research is done in cycle 

Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)

Duplicates In a Family Tree Presentation 

Indexing Records That Span Two Images

Web Indexing Guide for US, Wisconsin—Birth Records 

Top 4 Reasons not to index and why they shouldn't stop you.

Return Unwanted Batches

For great inspirational information and articles.

 

Go to FSFamilyTreeGroup and Click See Menu and choose Inspiration to see the one you are looking for on FSFamilyTreeUserGroup.com

Thoughts
Let the Holy Spirit Guide



Jordan North 1st Ward Indexing Records Report

                           Web         Web        Desktop   Desktop      Month          YTD

                               Indexing   Reviewed  Indexing  Arbitrated    Total         Total

Previous               401      0

July 2017           1,868      0        379       0        2,247   5,573 

August 2017       1,566     0          85       0        1,651   8,481
September 2017 5,602 3,513      134      0        9,249 17,730
October 2017     4,265  4,994       94       0       9,353  27,101
November 2017  3,645  2,007       20      0       5,672  32,773*

* As of 21 November 2017, 7:30 AM 

 Web YTD 17,369 Indexed and 10,514 Reviewed.
 Desktop YTD 4,910
November Web Goal YTD 18,400 
WorldWide Indexing Event (WWIE)

Our Ward Indexed 1,383, Reviewed 2,113 Total records 3,590 for the event.

We had 17 Indexers and 4 Reviewers 21 people/roles for Event.