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kimburmerieridley1
kimburmerieridley1 ✭
February 11, 2021 edited August 13, 2021 in Indexing

Why is indexing so important?

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 11, 2021

    with out it - how would we ever know where to look for the people we are researching?

     

    see:

     

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    February 12, 2021

    Indexing makes records searchable which is vital in family history. If a record is unindexed, it is unfindable.

     

    When we receive "hints" about a record that could be a relative, it's because someone indexed that record.

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