What about indexing records from former Polish Galicia area?

Grzegorz Müller

What are the plans for creating indexing projects for former Polish Galicia area:

• Lwów / L'viv
• Stanisławów / Ivanofrankivsk
• Stryj / Stryi
• Kołomyja / Kolomiya

There were only one project active recently (Ukraine, L'viv—Church Records, 1607–1945 [Part B]) and it was completed.

I noticed many new projects started for Italy and South Africa. Are you preparing new project based on some pattern/plan? or just ad hoc?

Greetings,

Grzegorz

Susan Ann Mullen

There are two articles that address your question.

The first discusses indexing requests. The second is asked about upcoming projects.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/can-i-make-an-indexing-request-for-records

"FamilySearch cannot accept requests to index-specific collections.       

As we continue to grow, we are eager to provide as many records on the Internet as possible. However, the process for retrieving, indexing, and publishing records can be complicated, and it may take us some time to provide certain records. Some reasons for slower processing include:

• FamilySearch does not have legal permission to publish indexes or images.
• FamilySearch lacks access to some scanned images.
• Volunteer resources are limited.

We are as excited as you are to have more records available. We thank you for your patience as we work toward that goal."

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/what-are-the-upcoming-indexing-projects

"Information about upcoming collections is not made available prior to publication due to various factors that can affect the publication time line, such as agreements with genealogical societies about the indexing of their records, final assembly considerations, space on the servers, geographic considerations, and so forth."

 

"Regretfully, we cannot accommodate requests from indexers to be given specific projects, localities, batches, or records to index. Indexers can select a project that interests them or matches their particular abilities, such as skill, language, or type of record."