Closing the Gap--Introduction to Foreign Language Indexing

An impressive number of Records have been indexed.  See chart below.  

The LDS Church has 14,782,478 members worldwide, with 56 percent living outside the United States and Canada.  But far more records are available for members from English speaking countries than non-English speaking countries.

The purpose of this blog is to inspire you to consider indexing a language other than English,

even if you do not speak a foreign language.. 

HELP CLOSE THE GAP!

You can help close the gap:

      if you speak a foreign language

      served a mission in a foreign language 

      or even if you don't have any foreign language, but are willing to learn some very simple words.  For example if you were doing Spanish records---do you think you can learn?

      UNO  =  ONE

      DOS  = TWO

      Cemetario = cemetary

      Defunccion =  Death

Listen to Inspector General to see just how easy indexing in Spanish can be!

INSPECTOR GENERAL, LESSON #1

You will need some help to get started.  We hope to provide training on a ward by ward basis some time in the future.  But if you follow the steps out lined below, you can get started right away.

Step 1: Find a Spanish record to index.  Look for a beginning record.  For example:

Step 2:  Read the project instructions:  VERY IMPORTANT ! !

Step 3: Click "Help";  "Resource Guide";   "Indexer" to get Language and Handwriting Helps

You can also get to this point by clicking the link below.

Language and Handwriting Helps

Set your language preference and take the training.

Watch for additional help in the future!