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April 2012 Stake Indexing Statistics
This has been a fantastic month for indexing in our Stake. Thanks to all of you for your hard work. Every name we can index or arbitrate provides a way for researches to locate their families and prepare their names for Temple work.
The statistics for each Ward are listed below.
The statistics for each Ward are listed below.
- WARD INDEXED ARBITRATED
- CLINTON 6480 1765
- EDMOND 2ND 4248 9973
- EDMOND 1ST 3652 9857
- OKC 1ST 10277 12795
- OKC 3RD 4712 12052
- OKC 4TH BRANCH 3856 5046
- OKC 5TH 4021 16512
- OKC UNIV. 371
- QUAIL CREEK 10695 9138
- VILLAGE WARD 2488
- WOODWARD 7800 7914
GRAND TOTAL 148,797 NAMES.
A new record for the Oklahoma City Stake. This includes what the Youth have been doing. See their numbers for the month below:
Youth Indexing Stats for April
WARD NAMES INDEXED
- CLINTON 1
- EDMOND 1ST 1742
- OKC 1ST 1324
- OKC 4TH BRANCH 1075
- OKC 5TH 310
- VILLAGE 530
Just one month ago today, April 2, the 1940 census images were released to the public by the National Archives. Since they were already digitized it did not take very long for FamilySearch to make them available. By April 13th all of the states had been made available to begin indexing. As reported by Thomas McGill of Familysearch.org, we are doing a fantastic job indexing these records. He recently announced that the original goal was to try to complete indexing all the 1940 census records within 6 months. He said that from April 2 through April 19th we, as a worldwide group of indexers, had already indexed 41 million records and arbitrated 19 million. At this rate the project may reach it's goal in less than 6 months.
To read more about this project please go to http://ancestoryinsider.blogspot.com. The link can be found on the right side of this page. Sign up to get their weekly updates.
The concern now is having enough arbitrators working to be able to meet that 6 month goal. If you have indexed at least 2000 names then you might want to consider becoming an arbitrator. At the present time we have 396 indexers signed up in our Stake, of that number only 96 people indexed in April. We also have included in that total 28 arbitrators who are working very hard in April. Their goal is to arbitrate 10 batches for every 1 batch that they index. If you are wondering what an arbitrator does come to our next meeting, which I will be notifying you about next week. If you have an interest in becoming an arbitrator please email me and I will work with you to reach that goal.
2012 Ice Cream Socials
The Ice Cream Socials will continue for each Ward who can surpass the "Magic Number" this year. That number is set at 150% of what your goal was for last year. That means your Ward/Branch needs to do more than the Magic Number in one month. The youth totals will be added into the Ward totals. I have calculated the "Magic Numbers" for 2012 and they are shown below: Good Luck.
Ward Magic Number
- Clinton 29,091
- Edmond 1st 14,085
- Edmond 2nd 7062
- OKC 1st 47,454
- OKC 3rd 24,621
- OKC 4th Branch 11,100
- OKC 5th 13,059
- OKC University 2,049
- Quail Creek 46,797
- Village 25,839
- Woodward Branch 9,627
Looking over these numbers and the results for April it looks like we have 2 Wards and 1 Branch that have already met their goal and will be having an ice cream social in the near future. President Baclawski and I look forward to coming to your Ward with a bucket of ice cream to just say "Thanks to You" for participating in the Stake Indexing program. A date will be set-up with your Bishop or Branch President and you will be notified at a later date when to expect us. Remember your Ward should provide the paper products and any toppings you would like.
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