Technology - New Indexing App for iOS and Android

FamilySearch is keeping up with techies and people on the go by offering an app for FamilySearch Indexing on iOS (Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android operating systems. Download the app at the Apple App Store or the Android Market. Click here to read more about it...and then get it on your phone. As Mary Jane Saylor, a fellow genealogist friend, said, "It's more addicting than Angry Birds!"

This screen shot shows the snippet view from which you index a name. You can also tap to have the whole page opened on your screen. Be sure to read the guide before you get started. It's simple to use, though, and quite fun!

Help Index the 1940 US Census

Watch this short video and then click on the link below to be taken to the site where you can sign up to help index The 1940 US Census.

Click The 1940 US Census to sign up to index the 130+ million names of the individuals enumerated in the 1940 Census. Who do you know that's in it?

We'll try indexing in class so that you can be ready when the census is released on April 2, 2012.