> > > Currently millions of records worldwide are online and millions > > > more > > > > > > Laurie Nelson wrote: > > > > Probably I'm the only one in the world who managed to misunderstand > > this, but ... > > > > In that sentence fragment, the words "millions of records" actually > > means "millions of ENTRIES". > > > > It's a picky-enough point, but since LDS has not-quite 3-million > > microfilms, millions of records is most of 'em, and they're nowhere > > near to being nearly finished. > > > > Still a worthwhile project to volunteer for (and I have), and still > > a potentially useful site to visit, though. > > > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> > > I received an e-mail from the Indexing folks some months ago. In > the first four months of this year, 50,000,000 names were extracted > ... for example, a census page has space to record some 40-50 > people. So one page of census enumeration might constitute 50 of the > fifty million. I think the notice said the fifty million were > amassed by a group of 130,000 volunteers. And so many more > volunteers are needed!! > > Eller True, a useful nit to pick: an entry may be a name, but it doesn't necessarily represent a unique person -- I've found the same person in the birth, marriage, and death indices on the site, making three names and three entries but only a single person. Cheryl singhals <singhals@erols.com>