Shelbers,
I have forwarded a note from an INGenWeb County Coordinator regarding a
marriage indexing project. Barb Huff has been working on this through the
Shelbyville-Shelby County Library. I did not realize that regular people
like you and me could help, but we can. The sign-up is here:
I understand you would need Windows XP to participate.
P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meredith Thompson" <mere(a)augustmoondesign.com>
To: <INGenWeb(a)yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: [INGenWeb] Indiana marriage indexing project
Dear CCs,
Some of you may have heard about the project to create a statewide
marriage index that goes up to 1957. It is not-for-profit--when completed,
the index will be put online and will be accessible to the public (similar
to the every-name index to the 1880 census that LDS did a few years ago).
At a time when access to vital records is being restricted, we feel lucky
to
be getting the cooperation of some of the county clerks (who are giving
permission to microfilm some of their marriage books for use in the
project). The more volunteers, the quicker the index can be completed.
Here
is the official information:
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Work is now underway to create an Indiana marriage index from 1790 to
1957.
The Indiana Genealogical Society (
http://www.indgensoc.org) and the
Genealogical Society of Utah (
http://www.gensocietyofutah.org) are working
together to index the marriage records for every county in Indiana,
beginning with the earliest surviving records and going up to 1957. GSU
staff are working to digitize the LDS microfilm that already exists for
several Indiana counties, as well as microfilming the original marriage
books for all other counties.
Indexers work from home, at their own pace, via an Internet connection
(broadband is recommended, because of the large file sizes involved).
Once
they are signed up with the project, they can login to the indexing site
(
http://www.familysearchindexing.org) with their username and password and
then download a small batch of marriage records, which take just 30-45
minutes to index.
When the Indiana Marriage Indexing Project is completed, it will be placed
online as a searchable database that is free to the public. Entries in
the
marriage index will link to a digitized version of the actual marriage
records (including marriage applications, when available).
To sign up to help with the Indiana Marriage Indexing Project, or to see
some screenshots from the indexing software, please visit
http://www.indgensoc.org/indexing.html
Questions can also be directed to the project's coordinator, Shirley
Richison Fields-e-mail indexing(a)indgensoc.org or phone (317) 209-9637.
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