Daily Archives: October 27, 2012

North American Indexing Volunteers Invited to Join New US Immigration & Naturalization Community Project

FamilySearch Announces Post-1940 Community Project FamilySearch recently issued this announcement: North American Indexing Volunteers Invited to Join New US Immigration & Naturalization Community Project More than 160,000 volunteer indexers made the 1940 U.S. Census available for searching in just five months. The project was an unprecedented success that dramatically illustrated what the genealogical community can accomplish… Read More: North American Indexing Volunteers Invited to Join New US Immigration… »

FamilySearch at the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference

“We have the opportunity to do more,” said Don Anderson, senior vice president of patron and partner services at FamilySearch. Anderson spoke at a luncheon on the closing day of the annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He made the comment in the context of the large numbers FamilySearch is producing and what… Read More: FamilySearch at the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference »