Stake Indexing Directors

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Administration
Lesson 1 for New Directors: Getting Started Lesson 2 for New Directors: Help Resources Lesson 3: Administration Family Record Extraction Administrative Handbook Memorandums

Tools
Get Skype - Communicate with your indexers Basic Training - The starting point for all indexers Old English Paleography - Handwriting Helps United States Handwriting - Handwriting Helps

Canada - Background
New Brunswick Deaths 1815-1938 - Background

Ireland - Background
Tithe Applotment Books 1824-1840 - Background - Project Updates

United States - Background
District of Columbia Deaths 1874-1959 -Background - Project Updates Illinois County Marriages 1810-1934 - Background Iowa County Births 1880-1935 - Background Texas Birth Records 1903-1934 - Background

History
The position of Stake Extraction Director (now called Stake Indexing Director) was implemented to facilitate the Universal Data Extraction (UDE) program. The UDE program was started to extract information from historical records. Its purpose was to create a digital database for use in family history research. Church members were called to use computers to enter vital records from original documents, microfilm and paper copies of microfilm. With the advent of the FamilySearch Indexing program, volunteers worked on computers to transcribe information from digital images of microfilm. The Universal Data Extraction program was eventually phased out, replaced by the indexing program. Background