Sunday, November 8, 2009

Mormon Notes: Indexing

The core beliefs of the LDS church are stated in the three-fold mission,
(1) Perfect the Saints, (2) Proclaim the Gospel, and (3) Redeem the Dead. One of the ways that the church really helps to "Redeem the Dead," is through indexing. Indexing is a simple process that converts old hand-written records (census, other church christenings etc.) into readable, searchable documents. Anyone in the world can sign-up to help do this, in fact, it's encouraged!

I'm actually sitting in an Indexing (also known as Extraction) Meeting right now. Click here and you'll be connected to the official website designed to help "Redeem the Dead." For all of you budding genealogists, this website is an amazing tool that literally helps to save lives. Pretty easy if you ask me.

1 comment:

Mindy said...

Extracting stresses me out so badly! I feel like you need the Urim Thummim to decipher half of what is written! And being the OCD person I am, I feel like if I cannot decipher it, I cannot type it in. Oh, wow, Ruri. I could break down just thinking of how hard it is for me! :) Good luck to you! P.s. Coming to the BYU basketball game in Logan this year?

November 9, 2009 at 7:21 AM

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