{"id":834,"date":"2017-11-03T01:35:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:57:41","slug":"results-of-the-worldwide-indexing-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/results-of-the-worldwide-indexing-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the Worldwide Indexing Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to all who participated\u00a0in the<\/strong>\u00a02017 Worldwide Indexing Event<\/a>\u00a0on October 20\u201322!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Read all about the\u00a0Results of the WORLDWIDE INDEXING EVENT<\/a>\u00a0and stand in awe with us that over seven million new family history records will now be available on FamilySearch.org thanks to volunteers around the world!\u00a0Check out additional information on the FamilySearch blog,\"\" and read about how “throughout the event, nearly 80,000 people worked to transcribe historical documents to make them searchable online, including over 9,000 first-time FamilySearch indexing volunteers. Participants represented 116 countries, 10 languages, and all ages, making this a true worldwide event. The following number of volunteers joined the event:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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7,275,546<\/h1>\n

Total number of records indexed\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These people selflessly dedicated their time over a three-day period to make essential genealogy records available to the public. \"\"With their help, countless people worldwide will be able to discover their ancestors.”<\/p>\n

If you would like to join in the fun and don’t know where to learn the ropes, the Family history Guide has what you are looking for in\u00a0Project 5 in the drop-down menu under FamilySearch (FS).<\/a><\/p>\n

The Activites Section also has some fun ideas for indexing:<\/p>\n

From the\u00a0Youth Page<\/a>:<\/p>\n