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Dave C Smith
Dave C Smith ✭
September 4, 2021 edited August 20, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Occasionally I receive a thank you note from someone for my having indexed one of their family names. How did they know I was involved?

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  • Dellory Matthews
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    September 4, 2021 Answer ✓

    This is a great question! If you are at just the right spot for a record in Family Tree, you will see an option to "Thank the Volunteer".

    Here are the details:

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-is-thank-an-indexer


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  • Susan Ann Mullen
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    September 4, 2021 edited September 4, 2021

    As a clarification they do not know your name but the internal computer has a link to you showing you indexed that name. They will never have access to your name.

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  • Dave C Smith
    Dave C Smith ✭
    September 4, 2021

    Very interesting! Thanks for the explanation.


    dave

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