Repost: FamilySearch Indexing: A Year In Review

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FamilySearch indexing grew at an unprecedented rate in 2012 thanks in large measure to the 1940 US Census Community Project. A true community effort, the census project attracted more than 184,000 volunteers who collectively indexed more than 132 million records in just over four months. This herculean effort smashed all previous records for indexing and made it possible to publish the searchable census a full two months earlier than anticipated.

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