A Family of Indexers

This is a cool story from familysearch about a family in Guatemala that indexes together. We have a couple families in Shiloh ward like that. Robin's family, Jane's family, Beth's family, Amy's family, etc. Karrie J's family learned for FHE and have been doing great things. It warms the cockles of my heart. I'm thinking about having a contest: Family v. Family in March. And each head family can recruit people to their teams.... sounds fun.

I spent a long time last night getting the numbers ready for the bulletin before I realized it is Stake Conference on Sunday. I hate being stupid.

So here's Feb's numbers so far:

February Total 11,697  +3192arb

Donnie L 2976

Neil J         2800 +268arb
Amy G         1279 +2078arb

Joann S         818

Richard H 599 +806

Robin B   571 + 40
Scott G   536
Thomas S   367

Beth M    331

Ken J       150

Karry g    149

Shawn K   125

Shelby S  125
Karrie J  110

Sarah M  90

Joseph M  75

Jane H  75

Bruce B   50

Jaymeson S  50

Tim J        50
Vivian G  50

Amanda H  50

Jonathan S  36
Carol B          35
Keith S     25 

Larry W   25

Eleanor J  10

Industrial School?

I just indexed a ship in the 1871 census that stated it was part of the Industrial Schools Act of 1866. There was a captain, his sons (9 and 9mo, respectively) and then about 12 boys ranging in age from 12-15. I had to look it up and it turns out there were a bunch of "schools" set up like this where orphans, neglected kids and others were sent to get an education and learn a trade.

Huh. Interesting. I love indexing.

New Year, New Goal

Shiloh -

Let's try for 750,000 overall total this year. Pre-paying treats last week seemed to have paid off - an entire family signed up and started working. Karrie has done almost 700 since Sunday! Hooray for the J family - especially since 3 of the 4 are in YW.

Here we are so far:

7684 total

Robin B      2066

Neil J      1030 

Bruce B        950

Karrie J         686 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Beth M        612

Joann S        609

Shelby S        501

Shawn K       225

Caroline M 208

Sarah M       142

Jessica J       128 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Scott G          82

Karen P  75

Joshua W      75

Rock J            55 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Katelyn M     50

Kailey J          50 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Carol B          45

Vivian G  30

Micaela G     25

Eric M              25

Amanda H 15

WE DID IT!!

Shiloh ward indexed our 500,000th name.

By my calculations, that's about 8,334 hours of work which is day and night for almost an entire year. (347 days). Go us. I couldn't be happier. It's even more amazing when people work so hard in the busiest month of the year. Merry Christmas to ME!

As for other milestones, NEIL J indexed his 50,000th name this month. (I did, too) And he arbitrated his 25,000th. WOW.

We have a couple new indexers: Karen P (the busiest of the busy) and Eric M. The M family is so good at contributing. Sandy S is new and has jumped right in as well. Shawn K just started last month as well and it's fun to watch him go. Some people really get the bug. I love it.

Here's our December Numbers (as of Wednesday night):

Neil J 6825 + 1446 arb.
Shelby S 1752
Scott G 1450
Joann S 720
Becky W 639
Caroline M 588
Robin B 538 +50 arb
Sienna S 500 (a very cute indexer)
Bruce B 375
Sarah M 275
Sandy S 269
Beth M 225
Shawn K 200
Vivian G 110
Ruth B 100
Rebecca B 100
Grant W 100
Eric M 54
Katelyn M 50
Shauna M 50
Carol B 35
Anonymous 25
Karen P 25

I'll blog our overall totals at the end of the year.


In other news:

I need to meet Marilyn K of Centralia. She hit 25,000 this month and she's the only one indexing in her ward. I have a prize for her. She did it without cookies, apples, candles or crying.

O'Fallon is at 1162 for December. Are you guys bored already?

today's #s

Shiloh

December Total: 2440

Neil J 582
Joann S 420
Scott G 400
Becky W 189
Robin B 162
Shelby S 149
Sarah M 125
Ruth B 100
Caroline M 75
Sandy S 53
Shawn K 53
Vivian G 50
Carol B 35
Shauna M 25
Katelyn M 25

We need 7,457 more to reach our goal! That's 325 a day until the 31st. Please! Pretty please?


O'Fallon

December Total: 731

Sarah P 363
Theresa P 300
Joel C 68

Numbers for the Bulletin

O'Fallon:

5000 total

Sarah Pridmore  1694

Emma Neary  1043

Peter Neary  760

Teresa Pridmore  701

Braden Rodriguez 200

David Rodriguez 162

Merlin Tobler  120

Mark Pridmore  88

Faith Neary  51

Katelyn Young  94

Joel Conte  128

April Neary  3

Shiloh:

Shelby Stroud 677

Shauna Miller 500

Sandra Sudholt 412 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Christine Woodbury 286

Anonymous 267

Carol Burkhalter 257

Katelyn Meldrom 135

Sarah Meldrom 125

Shawn Knopp 101 (NEW INDEXER!)

Robin Burchett 75 

Bruce Burchett 51

Abbie Gladden 50

Kailey Jaster 50

Scott Gardner 50

Sienna Stroud 50

Amanda Hair 50

Vivian Gardner 30

Ruth Brown 25

Caroline M 25

Friday numbers for the bulletin

Shiloh:

2133 total

Shauna M 425 +25arb

Shelby S 301

Christine W 286

Anonymous 267

Carol B 257

Katelyn M 135

Robin B 75 +51arb

Sarah M 75

Sandra S 55 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Bruce B 51

Abbie G 50

Kailey J 50

Amanda H 50

Vivian G 30

Shawn K 26 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Ruth B 25

Caroline M 25 +25 arb.

YW: 1333 +25 arb.

Everyone else: 850

O'Fallon:

3700 total

Sarah P 1624

Emma N 743

Peter N 580

Teresa P 426

Merlin T 120

Mark P 88

Faith N 51

Katelyn Y 50

Joel C 15

April N 3

Great Job!