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Project 5: Indexing


Goal 8: Zoning


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Goal 8: Participate in FamilySearch Zoning, a pre-indexing activity.


According to FamilySearch, "Zoning is a significant, pre-indexing FamilySearch newspaper project. Participants, or "zoners," review digital newspaper images (newspaper pages) using an internet-based tool to identify articles containing birth, marriage, and death events about real people.

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A Get started with Zoning.


  1. Read these articles to get started.

    FS—Accessing Zoning
    FS—Getting Started with Zoning

  2. For step-by-step instructions, download and read the .PDF file from this article.

    FS—Definition of zoning

  3. Watch this video for an overview of Zoning.

    BYU—Give Indexing a Boost with Zoning—38:01
      What is Zoning?
      Getting access
      Zoning your first batch
      Beyond the basics
      Getting help