I'm addicted to
indexing. I love seeing scans of census records and reading their names and all about them-where they are from, how old they are, etc. It's so interesting! Here's how it works:
- someone at headquarters scans a record, whether it's a death certificate, census record, baptism certificate, even something from another country or in another language
- the general public (you or me) logs in, downloads and views the image of the scanned record, and proceeds to manually type certain information from the record, such as name, age, literacy, country/state of origin, etc. for each line entry on the image
- the typed information and the scanned image are submitted back to headquarters reviewed, and once they pass the accuracy test, the typed text is thrown into a searchable database for people who are researching their genealogy
Moreover, it's one of those menial tasks that you chip away at, and best of all, it keeps track of the number of entries you type, so you can feel a sense of accomplishment! My husband and I are racing to see who can type more names in. I'm winning.
2 comments:
i do this sometimes too when i have spare time at work. it is really interesting. what do you do when you can read, or tell what something says?
I do 'ctrl+u' which makes the field say "unreadable". The checkers who review for accuracy can go back and fix it. I usually give it my best shot, and sometimes I ask Cason for a 2nd opinion :)
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