FamilySearch 2017 Worldwide Indexing Event (20-22 October 2017)
Here are some details.
When: October 20–22, 2017.
What: As in years past, the purpose of the event will be to unite the
international indexing community around the common goal of making more
historical records searchable online for free. Last year’s event broke the
previous records with more than 100,000 indexers helping to index over
10,000,000 records.
Spread the Word: Flyers and posters are available in English,
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.
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English
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Español
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Français
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Deutsch
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Italiano
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Русский
The
Records: To prepare
for this event, FamilySearch is working hard to make more records
available to be indexed. By the time the event comes around, there will be
records available from many countries around the world and in many languages.
There will be records appropriate for every experience level—from beginner to
advanced—so that all can feel the joy of participating. The goal is to make
this event accessible to as many people as possible and to end the event with
new records accessible to people looking for their family from around the
globe.
FamilySearch has made many records available via its acquisition and digitization projects. Many of the digitized records are viewable and not yet accessible to many as they are not indexed. This event helps increase access to these records via linking index terms to them!
It does take a community to make this event a success.
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“Our stated goal is 50,000 volunteers participating in a single day, though we think the potential exists to surpass that mark by a considerable amount,” said Mike Judson, indexing workforce manager for FamilySearch. “All it takes to be counted in the record is to submit one batch. With hundreds of thousands of past indexing volunteers and thousands more joining weekly, breaking the record won’t take much if people will commit to spend the 30 minutes or so required to finish and submit a batch.” 
