In 30 minutes
you can help people
find their ancestors!
Why is indexing important?
Volunteers extract family history information from digital images of historical documents to create searchable indexes that assist everyone in finding their ancestors.
Install Software
Click to download and install the FREE software to your computer. Read here about recommended computer specifications for indexing.
Announcements
Welcome to FamilySearch Indexing!
June 20, 2008: Images are Available AgainBatches for all current projects are available for download again! Thank you for your patience as we worked to get the computers running that hold our images.June 18, 2008: Technical Issues
You may receive an error when downloading batches. The computers that hold most of our images are currently unavailable. We are working as quickly as possible to resolve the situation. In the meantime, the Ohio Tax project has batches available. Please read the project-specific instructions before indexing your first batch.June 16, 2008: Freedmen Letters Project Completed
Great work, everyone! The Freedmen Letters project was completed last Wednesday, June 11th. We learned a great deal from the combined effort; mostly that amazing things can be accomplished when we are all working toward a common goal. Thank you for being part of this initiative!
The data and images collected through FamilySearch indexing are available online at Record Search. Go to search.labs.familysearch.org to search the collection.
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