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Welcome to FamilySearch Indexing!

Devin Ashby
Oct 8, 2014
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
1m 29s
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Introduction
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What's New at FamilySearch
13m 39s
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Indexing
3m 22s
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The Year of the Obituary
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Demonstration of Indexing
19m 57s
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You Can Help
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What's Coming
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Conclusion
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Indexes created at your fingertips! Be part of an international initiative to index the world's largest collection of genealogical records. This class will give you indexing background and basics to help you understand where to begin, how to help, and what we can achieve.

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Devin Ashby
Devin Ashby is a Global Outreach Manager for FamilySearch, the largest genealogical organization in the world. Devin has taught family history for years and has over 300,000 online views. In 2004 he received bachelor’s degrees in History and
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