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Get Involved with supporting family history in your part of the world. Use your time and talents to help people discover their ancestors.

Indexing Opportunities Help others discover their ancestors by reviewing details on historical records.

Apr 21, 2025 · One of these changes is that the initial indexing of records from historical documents will now be done by FamilySearch’s artificial intelligence rather than by online volunteers. Volunteers will …

Aug 7, 2025 · At FamilySearch, we’ve improved the technology behind indexing, giving you new opportunities to volunteer your indexing skills. See the Get Involved section of our site for more …

Results from completed indexing projects are published at http://www.familysearch.org. Many names are linked to images so that researchers can view the original documents.

Please be aware that the work you do on your group pages and in the beta indexing program will not be saved when the public version of the browser-based indexing program is released.

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May 7, 2025 · Have you ever indexed FamilySearch historical records? If so, you've been a part of the long and fascinating history of indexing.

Jun 2, 2022 · Do we still to record the Abbreviated given names as written in document Indexing/Reviewing? During the new Family Indexing Review in "Opportunities" I have found given …