Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Sorting Out the WHELCHELs
While transcribing the letters Stanley Safford wrote his mother during WWII, I tried to figure out who was who in the picture albums left behind so that I could add them to illustrate the text whenever possible.
It was rather rewarding to become s much more familiar with otherwise names without faces that we had heard thrown around in the conversation.
Grace Whelchel is my mother-in-law's mother. She's the one who at times reminds me of Amelia Bedelia, not that she was clumsy or anything, just the way she dressed.
She was the oldest daughter of Cora Hartwell and Francis Marion Whelchel but she was not the eldest. Loyd was three years older than Grace. We didn't hear much about him though other than his daughter, Frances Whelchel, was my mother-in-law's best friend. Frances was born in between Stanley and Muriel so was almost like a sister to both of them in a way.
The other sibling we heard more about was Aunt Nina, the lady who more or less mentored Muriel and had hopes for her to pursue a modelling career. Nina and her husband Bill Baker never had any children and so their large fortune was divided between their numerous nieces and nephews upon their deaths.
Oh and there was Aunt Eileen... the one who stayed close to their mother in spite of all the feuding.
Those were not too hard to keep track of but there were twice as many names or more in just that group of children as Cora bore Francis 11 (eleven) children:
- Edwin Loyd Whelchel (married twice: 1 Esther Johnson, mother of Frances; 2 Fern Parker, mother of Robert Lloyd)
- Arthur Marion Whelchel (died as an infant)
- Grace Hazel Whelchel (married Wayne Safford - 2 children: Stanley and Muriel)
- Gladys Isabel Whelchel (married Roy Burton - at least one daughter Velera Louise)
- Nina Estella Whelchel (married Bill Baker, no children)
- Victor Clifford Whelchel (died at age 7)
- infant
- Clair Griswold Whelchel (married a Jean - )
- Eileen Blanche Whelchel (married Charles Lane - no children)
- infant
- Clell Wilbur Whelchel (married 3 times: 1. Helen Blume, mother of Clell Wilbur Jr; 2. Judith A Benkert; 3. Marianna Bew)
BUT Francis Marion Whelchel was a widower when he married Cora in 1895, and not only did he have a son from the previous marriage, his first wife, Eliza Jane Butler, but she had been married before she married Francis (to a John Chipman) and had two sons and maybe a daughter too from that union. So Francis brought with him - at least that's how I explain the additional names in the pictures - 3 boys and a daughter to be raised by Cora, I'm assuming.
- Claude Chipman
- Clyde Chipman
- Evelyn Chipman
- Fred Whelchel
I haven't done much research on these guys as I am just now figuring this out.
In his letters, Stanley referred to an Aunt Mayme but I could not fit her anywhere, well... She was Fred Whelchel's wife!
Another letter found, this one was written to Grace by Mae Chipman, Clyde's wife talked in length about the sad life she was living with him. And she mentioned Fred and Claude and Evelyn as well.
Now let's add to the mixture the fact that Cora's mother was also married three times herself and had children with all three husbands.
Cora was the oldest, born in 1875 to James Willis Hartwell and Isabella Griswold.
Isabella was not married long to Cora's father before they divorced, as in 1879 she married Charles H Wilde with whom she had a son, George Henry Wilde, the following year.
Charles died in 1884 and so Isabella was left raising the two kids.
Luckily none of these two husbands had children from a previous marriage though that would not be the case for the third, William Henry Matthews whom she married in 1890. William Matthews was a widower. He and his first wife Nettie had one son Archibald "Archie" Matthews. Isabella added two more sons to his brood: Ralph and Elmer Matthews.
George Wilde was married twice: 1. Menella Pemberton gave him 5 kids: Clarence, Paul, Louis Allen, Ruth E and George Henry Wilde Jr.; 2. Olive May Hodgins
Ralph Matthews married Bernice Lila Ogden who gave him 6 kids: Elton, Carl, Dorothy, Willard, Grace and Dean Matthews.
Are you still with me?... No wonder Muriel said there were lots of cousins to divide up Aunt Nina's money into... Still haven't figured out Aunt Maibelle though and let's not talk about the elusive Aunt Irene (Stevens) we never did find...
Anyway, this goes to show... Today's generation has not invented anything in creating chaotic family ties, but what I find most interesting is the close bonds that remained between these siblings, half siblings, etc.
They kept in touch, they helped each other, sometimes to their own detriment as some more letters have shown. They fought but they stayed in touch, even if the correspondence was not very regular.
What else did I learn? I learned to better understand the dynamics of my mother-in-law's family. She might have had some pointed opinions, whether right or wrong, she never had any trouble voicing them, but she never pushed away a family member who needed her help, who would ask. Was that a thing her generation learned from their parents and the Big Depression. They didn't have much but they shared what little they had so another would not go without.
We live in a disposable society that could take great lessons from that generation... We already have the crazy relationships down pat...
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| on the right holding her baby Clell is Cora, left of her is Grace Whelchel... not sure about the rest... feel free to contact me if you know who everyone is... |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Oreo Remembered
It is hard to believe it was over 14 years ago that you entered our lives. Which one of the kids brought you home making us believe you followed him? Jon, I think, or maybe Richard. Those two always brought animals home... But you stayed... You became our old German shepherd's best buddy and revived him in his old age. You would never stay in the back yard, always finding ways to jump out. And it might as well have been as when you didn't run away to find company, company came to find you! i will never forget the day when we found two strange dogs in the backyard wanting to court you... ah ah... we soon remedied that and you slowed down a bit but you were never cured of your love of roaming free and any chance you got you took.
You never went far. You always came back to our front porch, to the poor mailman's great distress. More than once I had to stop him after he passed our house because you were sitting there guarding the porch from any intrusion... him included...Odie went the way of all old dogs eventually and you were left alone but Melanie and Joe came to the rescue and brought you another German shepherd to be friends with:Triton and after first pushing him away you accepted him as your son and raised him. The two of you in the backyard... One thing you were never able to teach Triton was to run away though... he brought in his own type of trouble... and I'm not sure you didn't teach him that too as I caught you more than once scratching at the back door...
But Triton was only on loan, so after Melanie and Joe took him home, you were alone once more.
Still it was not very long until Jon brought home another puppy... 6 weeks old Max, found in a dumpster with his siblings... oh how you despised him at first, growling at his futile attempts to nurse on you... but you always had a good heart and you raised him and taught him ALL your tricks... oh yes, don't think I didn't know... I watched you coax him to jump over the fence... and once he had had a taste of freedom, it was hard to keep him from running off... Oh Oreo...
Before Melanie graduated from High School you had a permanent spot on her bed. She was your whole world and when they came for a visit in those days, you would nuzzle your way to her and showered her with attention. But she really could not take you home with her. Besides by then they also had another dog because Triton was lonely for you... It was quite hectic dealing with these new additions. You hated Sammy and Triton would try to best Max, so we had to alternate you two in and out of the house with Sammy and max who got along fine. Sammy was actually much more motherly towards him than you were, but that's ok...
Eventually Max took a bride, Zoey (thanks to Jon and Brandon) and together they produced Lucy... And you took it all in stride.
You didn't run away very often any more but when you had the chance you took it... Pushing the gate open and setting all four of you into the streets of Peru... How many times have I stayed home for fear you would run off while I was gone?!
A few days ago Jon noticed something nasty in your mouth and we hoped it would heal itself but by last night it had doubled in size and smelled horribly bad. I took you to the Veterinarian this morning knowing full well there was a chance he would tell me it was cancer and that the cure was worse than the disease at your age. You had been breathing so painfully for the past few weeks. It all became clear.
When I came home alone this morning, my heart was heavy because I didn't let anyone else say goodbye to you but I didn't want you to be scared. I didn't want you to have time to figure out what was going to happen ahead of time. The doctor gave me the choice but it seemed like it would be more cruel to you.
You trusted me and you trusted the doctor who had taken care of you many times before. I put my head close to yours and whispered softy in your ear that everything was going to be ok and that you were going to soon feel much better. It was quick. You didn't show any sign of pain before your spirit was released to roam free again, this time in fields much sweeter than those on Earth and I hope with all my heart Odie and Kei and Luke were there to greet you.
It was not easy but it was better to let you go... You were a big part of our lives and will always be part of our family, Oreo... Thank You for being patient with us and teaching us to love you (grouch and all).
We miss you already... Max, Zoey and Lucy wonder where you are... I wonder how many times Lucy will take me to the backdoor to make sure you are not left outside...
We will see you again some day but for now it's goodbye...
Monday, November 7, 2011
Ripples...
Last week, as I was doing some research for The Belgian Researchers' Obituaries project, I came across the name of Fernand DuBois, whose daughter, Renee lived in Kokomo, Indiana where he had spent the summer in 1950.The obituary peaked my curiosity about Renee. And this is how I found this wonderful October 7th, 1946 Kokomo Tribune article, "Belgian War Bride Quick Convert to American Football Enthusiasm".
It explained how she had become a quick football enthusiast and went into detail about her origins and her first weeks in Kokomo.
She had met her then future husband, Captain William Linkhorn, in October 1944 in Liege, while he was visiting the city. Although she had a degree in Pharmacy from the Universite de Liege, she turned to teaching languages and became instrumental in establishing a French program for adults at the Indiana University's Kokomo campus and a conversational program for school aged children (grades 4-7) in 1952, which she taught until she moved away to Mansfield, Ohio, where she continued teaching French. It looks like she moved away from Ohio again as her husband's obituary places them in Cape Cod in 2007.
What really caught my attention however is the fact that she attended the Lycee Leonie de Waha !
How amazing it is that although we will likely never meet, we have shared experiences that bind us as though we had... We have walked the same hallways... We have opened the same doors... We have followed a similar path that brought us both here... We both became involved in teaching French...
Our children grew up 100% Americans, with whom we can never really share these hallways, doors, these experiences in the same way...
I wonder where the many young women who graduated from the Lycee over the years are leaving a legacy, where they made their mark on the world, as we all do. Some are never mentioned anywhere again but their influence is felt for generations all the same!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Random Thoughts: Colored Greys
Driving back from Wabash the other day, I was taken back to y first year at the Lycee. The changing colors fo Fall always remind me of my first Art teacher there, Madame Lemoine. She was as big around as her husband was tall and skinny. I can't remember what he taught. I only had her for one year. She is the one who taught me how to print. One of our assignments was to capture the 'colored greys' of Fall. While I can draw, I can not ad color to anything I make without taking away from the drawing, so this was not my favorite assignment for sure... We had to mix the primary colors to make the colored greys we needed then apply them on the trees we had drawn... One of my classmates painted one I will never forget it was so beautiful and all she did was take her brush and instead of 'painting' as I understand 'painting', she just put dabs of colors here and there all over her page and her tree truly was beautiful.
Anyway... All this to say... every Fall, I go back to being 12 years old every time the trees change color...
Sunday, January 2, 2011
2011 Goal Setting
I am not much of one to determine on December 31 how I should change my life on January 1. Not that I think it's a bad idea. I believe we should be ready to do this regularly in our lives. It's important to stop and evaluate where we are and whether we are headed in the direction we aimed to. Besides it is often necessary to redirect our course as we go, not once a year...
When the kids were little I would often tell them that before they made a decision they should choose a destination and make their choices accordingly. I would often simply ask them which direction they should go if they wanted to go to Logansport from our house. Ultimately there was more than one way to do this of course but the shortest route was to turn right on Main Street and keep going West. Of course they could have turned left on Main Street but they would inevitably have to change direction to head West if they ever intended to reach their destination.
Many years ago I learned how to set goals while working with the Young Women of our ward. They used a Personal Progress book that divided goal setting into categories:
Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works and Integrity
There were short-term goals as well as long-term goals. They had to be realistic so as to make them reachable but they also needed to make me stretch so as to help me really grow.
We don't often think about this but it is a fact that writing down one's goals helps us actually achieve them. Otherwise we can easily lose track of them and thus never reach our destination.
So... what do I want to accomplish in 2011?
Sherri and I have been talking about setting up a booth at craft shows. That means I need to get busy knitting. What I would really like to do is to invest in a knitting machine and take the classes to learn to make the most of it.
Now what does that entail?
Making a phone call to the Knit-Knack Shop north of here - that is a HUGE thing for me because I don't like making calls.
Of course I could just drive up there. Hey I took a step in the right direction... I found their website! If only I could do all this online... ok... got to get out of my shell, I know...
I should really also set a monthly number goal for FamilySearch Indexing this year. The last time I did that I got sick and have not been able to get back to it as productively.
Having 2 logins does not help much either but I have no control over that part as one is my official login and the other for the Belgium Project. My preference is with the latter but I should not look like a slacker as Indexing director since the stats won't be combined, so it looks like I may remain divided for a while.
What else is on my mind...
- learning new recipes. - I am far from being short on recipes, that's for sure!!!
- transcribing Stanley's war letters
- translating Papa's letters into English
- transcribing Bobonne's letters
- transcribing Marraine and BonPapa's letters - with eventual translations
- scanning the old pictures that came from Los Angeles
Big elephants... all of these projects are... One bite at a time...
Of course there is also a wish to renew and strengthen friendships and family ties.
Maybe find a special service project to get involved in too. I really enjoyed making those 2 scarves for the upcoming 2012 Superbowl in Indy, and found that there are many other opportunities out there to help others. I might even knit a couple more.
AND I almost forgot: I would love to participate in recording audiobooks for people to download for free online.
Bottom line... I have a few ideas but need to sit down and write it all down...
Might be good too to take another look at those other categories I made no mention of and help ensure balance in my goals...
And maybe they will become reality by the end of 2011.
For now I had better close... maybe finish this later...
When the kids were little I would often tell them that before they made a decision they should choose a destination and make their choices accordingly. I would often simply ask them which direction they should go if they wanted to go to Logansport from our house. Ultimately there was more than one way to do this of course but the shortest route was to turn right on Main Street and keep going West. Of course they could have turned left on Main Street but they would inevitably have to change direction to head West if they ever intended to reach their destination.
Many years ago I learned how to set goals while working with the Young Women of our ward. They used a Personal Progress book that divided goal setting into categories:
Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works and Integrity
There were short-term goals as well as long-term goals. They had to be realistic so as to make them reachable but they also needed to make me stretch so as to help me really grow.
We don't often think about this but it is a fact that writing down one's goals helps us actually achieve them. Otherwise we can easily lose track of them and thus never reach our destination.
So... what do I want to accomplish in 2011?
Sherri and I have been talking about setting up a booth at craft shows. That means I need to get busy knitting. What I would really like to do is to invest in a knitting machine and take the classes to learn to make the most of it.
Now what does that entail?
Making a phone call to the Knit-Knack Shop north of here - that is a HUGE thing for me because I don't like making calls.
Of course I could just drive up there. Hey I took a step in the right direction... I found their website! If only I could do all this online... ok... got to get out of my shell, I know...
I should really also set a monthly number goal for FamilySearch Indexing this year. The last time I did that I got sick and have not been able to get back to it as productively.
Having 2 logins does not help much either but I have no control over that part as one is my official login and the other for the Belgium Project. My preference is with the latter but I should not look like a slacker as Indexing director since the stats won't be combined, so it looks like I may remain divided for a while.
What else is on my mind...
- learning new recipes. - I am far from being short on recipes, that's for sure!!!
- transcribing Stanley's war letters
- translating Papa's letters into English
- transcribing Bobonne's letters
- transcribing Marraine and BonPapa's letters - with eventual translations
- scanning the old pictures that came from Los Angeles
Big elephants... all of these projects are... One bite at a time...
Of course there is also a wish to renew and strengthen friendships and family ties.
Maybe find a special service project to get involved in too. I really enjoyed making those 2 scarves for the upcoming 2012 Superbowl in Indy, and found that there are many other opportunities out there to help others. I might even knit a couple more.
AND I almost forgot: I would love to participate in recording audiobooks for people to download for free online.
Bottom line... I have a few ideas but need to sit down and write it all down...
Might be good too to take another look at those other categories I made no mention of and help ensure balance in my goals...
And maybe they will become reality by the end of 2011.
For now I had better close... maybe finish this later...
Monday, November 22, 2010
The Belgian Archives Online
In February 2009, FamilySearch began uploading digital images of Belgian civil records onto its Record Search Pilot site, enabling genealogists researching their Belgian ancestry to access original records right from their homes.
It was however short lived as the Belgian Archives quickly requested access to the public be restricted. I won't lie when I say that it was a terrible blow to researchers, especially since the creation of the index for these Belgian records had just begun.
What a treat it was to have been one of the first countries online!!!
Even if it was short lived.
On November 18, FamilySearch made an announcement about having added another 15 million names to its site. Many of them are linked to digital images of original records.
Dick Eastman composed an article on the subject, to which I would like to refer you: A Lot to Be Thankful For
I have had the opportunity of using this wonderful new tool and can't wait till more is uploaded.
While researching on microfilms at our local Family History Center, I have learned to appreciate paging through the reels and finding information in documents that apparently did not fit in my direct lines. Actually that has helped me more than once in stumbling onto great-grandparents I had not found on my direct-line ancestors' records. So when I saw the "Browse the images" option, I jumped on it with both feet.
It didn't take me long to realize that - and that is by no means a criticism, but rather motivation for me to help more - however incredibly wonderful it is, using the browse feature is slow and tedious.
Belgian registers usually have one index at the end of each year.
Some group all the records into one annual book with three indexes at the end of the year, in other words, the records are divided into three parts (sometimes 4):
1. Births,
2. (Marriage Publications - which have no index),
3. Marriages,
4. Deaths.
On a microfilm reader, you just crank up the wheel, find the index, locate the name you are looking for, then if you find something that is relevant to your search, you backtrack (or go forward if the index is at the beginning of the year) to the right page.
It is tedious but I have found this method very efficient.
On the computer, the process is more or less the same, except it is more or less slow depending on your computer's ability to handle the image but also on your internet connection.
And the big question comes up: "Where is the right image?"
You soon learn that you do not need to thumb through each page if you don't want to. You can skip a few forwards and backwards, pretty much in the same way that you would crank up the microfilm reader's wheel forwards and back.
So what has this taught me?
It has taught me the reason why it is so vital to work on the indexing of all these images.
We are incredibly blessed to be able to use this 'browsing' system in the first place but how much easier it would be if all we needed to do is type in a name and narrow down the search.
HOW can this be done?
Through FamilySearch Indexing
Some people have been unhappy with me for getting on my soapbox and encouraging others to get involved with the Indexing program.
This site is for my voice, so I will shout it from the roof tops and as loud as I can.
GET INVOLVED!
There are so many records to index out there!
The goal of FamilySearch is to digitize all the microfilms that are in the granite vault and to create an index that will enable people to better use these images to research their roots.
There are many English records to work on, but there are records from everywhere to work on too. I have worked on census records and vital records of several countries and what i find is that it is easier for me to read those whose languages I am most familiar with.
My first experience with this came when we were working on the 1880 US Census.
I had come across a name that, no matter how I looked at it, I was unable to make sense of.
The handwriting was not even the problem. It was actually beautiful.
So, I turned to another indexer who was working on something else and asked her what she thought it was. Without hesitation she said "Felicity" and sure enough once she had said it I could see it too.
There is a need for multilingual people to help.
Not only because you understand the text you are looking at but because you will be more familiar with the names and more likely to recognize them, especially when the handwriting is difficult to decipher. What is hard for you becomes impossible for another and this can affect the accuracy of the end product.
Now, this sounds like the proverbial carrot, I know, but FamilySearch has made good on their promises and will on this too, I have no doubt. "Qualified Indexers" will be given access to databases that are otherwise closed to the public per request of the Archive owner.
A point system has been set up for this purpose.
Some things still have to be worked out at this point (for the Belgian project anyway) but I truly believe it will happen.
Come and help with the Belgian project. You will find greater satisfaction working on this project
- if you are Belgian
or
- if you read/speak Dutch, French or German fluently
Contact Jean Huysmans and tell him you want to help.
If you want to help with other projects, visit FamilySearch Indexing and click on
"Get started"
There are tutorials to help you learn how to index.
The program is a free download (it is a big program, best downloaded with a high speed connection)
You don't have to go it alone.
There is a feature in the program that enables you to share your work with someone to have them take a look at what you're doing - if you want them to.
Otherwise, the system is simple, with line-by-line instructions right into the form lay-out.
You work as much or as little as you want.
There is no expected quota you must meet.
The batches are small enough that you can index them within 30 minutes but you don't have to do a whole batch in one sitting if you don't have time.
Just close the program and pick up where you left off later
You have a whole week to submit your work.
If you run into a time problem and can not finish, the batch is automatically returned and someone else can pick up where you left off. No questions asked. No bad feelings.
If you are looking to make a difference... consider taking a bite out this elephant...
The task is HUGE and requires many hands.
Many people are already involved but more means faster access but it also means "lighter load" for those who are indexing already.
It was however short lived as the Belgian Archives quickly requested access to the public be restricted. I won't lie when I say that it was a terrible blow to researchers, especially since the creation of the index for these Belgian records had just begun.
What a treat it was to have been one of the first countries online!!!
Even if it was short lived.
On November 18, FamilySearch made an announcement about having added another 15 million names to its site. Many of them are linked to digital images of original records.
Dick Eastman composed an article on the subject, to which I would like to refer you: A Lot to Be Thankful For
I have had the opportunity of using this wonderful new tool and can't wait till more is uploaded.
While researching on microfilms at our local Family History Center, I have learned to appreciate paging through the reels and finding information in documents that apparently did not fit in my direct lines. Actually that has helped me more than once in stumbling onto great-grandparents I had not found on my direct-line ancestors' records. So when I saw the "Browse the images" option, I jumped on it with both feet.
It didn't take me long to realize that - and that is by no means a criticism, but rather motivation for me to help more - however incredibly wonderful it is, using the browse feature is slow and tedious.
Belgian registers usually have one index at the end of each year.
Some group all the records into one annual book with three indexes at the end of the year, in other words, the records are divided into three parts (sometimes 4):
1. Births,
2. (Marriage Publications - which have no index),
3. Marriages,
4. Deaths.
On a microfilm reader, you just crank up the wheel, find the index, locate the name you are looking for, then if you find something that is relevant to your search, you backtrack (or go forward if the index is at the beginning of the year) to the right page.
It is tedious but I have found this method very efficient.
On the computer, the process is more or less the same, except it is more or less slow depending on your computer's ability to handle the image but also on your internet connection.
And the big question comes up: "Where is the right image?"
You soon learn that you do not need to thumb through each page if you don't want to. You can skip a few forwards and backwards, pretty much in the same way that you would crank up the microfilm reader's wheel forwards and back.
So what has this taught me?
It has taught me the reason why it is so vital to work on the indexing of all these images.
We are incredibly blessed to be able to use this 'browsing' system in the first place but how much easier it would be if all we needed to do is type in a name and narrow down the search.
HOW can this be done?
Through FamilySearch Indexing
Some people have been unhappy with me for getting on my soapbox and encouraging others to get involved with the Indexing program.
This site is for my voice, so I will shout it from the roof tops and as loud as I can.
GET INVOLVED!
There are so many records to index out there!
The goal of FamilySearch is to digitize all the microfilms that are in the granite vault and to create an index that will enable people to better use these images to research their roots.
There are many English records to work on, but there are records from everywhere to work on too. I have worked on census records and vital records of several countries and what i find is that it is easier for me to read those whose languages I am most familiar with.
My first experience with this came when we were working on the 1880 US Census.
I had come across a name that, no matter how I looked at it, I was unable to make sense of.
The handwriting was not even the problem. It was actually beautiful.
So, I turned to another indexer who was working on something else and asked her what she thought it was. Without hesitation she said "Felicity" and sure enough once she had said it I could see it too.
There is a need for multilingual people to help.
Not only because you understand the text you are looking at but because you will be more familiar with the names and more likely to recognize them, especially when the handwriting is difficult to decipher. What is hard for you becomes impossible for another and this can affect the accuracy of the end product.
Now, this sounds like the proverbial carrot, I know, but FamilySearch has made good on their promises and will on this too, I have no doubt. "Qualified Indexers" will be given access to databases that are otherwise closed to the public per request of the Archive owner.
A point system has been set up for this purpose.
Some things still have to be worked out at this point (for the Belgian project anyway) but I truly believe it will happen.
Come and help with the Belgian project. You will find greater satisfaction working on this project
- if you are Belgian
or
- if you read/speak Dutch, French or German fluently
Contact Jean Huysmans and tell him you want to help.
If you want to help with other projects, visit FamilySearch Indexing and click on
"Get started"
There are tutorials to help you learn how to index.
The program is a free download (it is a big program, best downloaded with a high speed connection)
You don't have to go it alone.
There is a feature in the program that enables you to share your work with someone to have them take a look at what you're doing - if you want them to.
Otherwise, the system is simple, with line-by-line instructions right into the form lay-out.
You work as much or as little as you want.
There is no expected quota you must meet.
The batches are small enough that you can index them within 30 minutes but you don't have to do a whole batch in one sitting if you don't have time.
Just close the program and pick up where you left off later
You have a whole week to submit your work.
If you run into a time problem and can not finish, the batch is automatically returned and someone else can pick up where you left off. No questions asked. No bad feelings.
If you are looking to make a difference... consider taking a bite out this elephant...
The task is HUGE and requires many hands.
Many people are already involved but more means faster access but it also means "lighter load" for those who are indexing already.
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