Digitized Granite Mountain Vault Records

[SarahND]

Hi all,
This just came in on the Rootsweb Review. It seems that the LDS is in the process of indexing all possible records from the "Granite Vault" to make them available on the FamilySearch.org site. See http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660205784,00.html

Of special interest is this:

Dobson explains that there is an invisible double-check built into the system. Each handwritten record will come up twice, at random, and be typed in twice, by two different volunteers. Any discrepancies between the two forms will alert a third person, an arbitrator, who is a more experienced genealogist. The arbitrator looks at the original record and makes a final decision on the name or date or geographical location in question.

Given all the recent complaints about Ancestry.com, I think we can all agree that you can't check those indexes too many times!

To volunteer to help with the indexing, go to:

http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp

I note that finally, users with a Macintosh computer can also use the software-- hooray! Here I go to volunteer...

All the best,
Sarah

[marilyn morning]

Hello Sarah,

Be sure to keep us posted on your progress with this project.

Regards
Marilyn