Alternatives to FS Indexing

Dennis J Yancey

Alternatives to FS Indexing

FamilySearch indexing is a wonderful example of what is called "Crowd Sourcing"

here is a short video that explains crowd sourcing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38uPkyH9vI&t=5s

Many people really enjoy indexing. But some people find it a little too tedious and repetitive and just a little too inflexible.

There are similar alternative projects that some people find a little more enjoyment and fulfillment out of. and that have more flexibility.

here are a few

The Family Bible Preservation Project

(person tagging bible records to people in FamilySearch)

https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/genealogical_service_project.htm

Some of the "fruits" of the above project:

https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/FBPP_FS.htm

a "sister project" to the above focused on African American Records

https://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/African_American_FS.htm

FINDAGRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/contribute

You can find various other opportunities under JUSTSERVE

https://www.justserve.org/

erutherford

Akin to Find A Grave, https://billiongraves.com/ could always use help.

Dennis J Yancey

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/474303#Comment_474303

any advantages of Billion Graves over Findagrave???

I think Findagrave has like 10 times the number of grave records as Billion Graves.

some may see this as a wasted duplication of effort between the two systems.

I think Findagrave was around way before Billion Graves.

but just wondering what Billion Graves has to offer that Findagrave doesnt.