Last week, a project to emancipate from obscurity key records of about 4 million former slaves’ families and lives was announced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.?? The Utah-based ...

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Young members of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints indexed historical records of more than 20,000 individuals, making them accessible to genealogists and ...

CINCINNATI -- Earlier this month, FamilySearch International, the genealogical arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, turned over a newly indexed database of records of the Freedman’s ...

Inmates in Utah, Arizona and Idaho have found a new hobby as indexing becomes all the rage even with prisoners who aren't members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 'Indexing gets in ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in need of help indexing records. It’s partnering with the Smithsonian and others to digitize records from the Freedmen’s Bureau. Local churches, ...

The LDS Church will spearhead a project to make searchable records of the Freedmen’s Bureau, an agency Congress created at the end of the Civil War. On the 150th anniversary of “Juneteenth,” the final ...

(Reuters) - The Mormon Church will lead efforts to index records of about 4 million former slaves and their families in the hope of connecting African Americans with their Civil War-era ancestors, the ...

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L-R Addie Rund and Ginny Spargue works to digitize documents on Wednesday at the Johnson County Recorder's Office in Franklin. The recorder's office is hiring a company to help digitize and index more ...

One hundred twenty-five years ago in 1898, taken directly from the pages of The Youngstown Vindicator: “The records. Borough of Youngstown was organized June 15, 1850. A certified copy filed found in ...