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Some examples of feedback from indexers • A mother grabs moments when children are sleeping or at school – household chores never ending, but a batch can be completed. From not feeling useful, now feeling fulfilled, hand coordination improved, keeps brain working, therapeutic in a lot of ways.
• An airline pilot snatches moments at hotels at night so that he can actually do something that is useful to others. Something that makes him feel really good.
• https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/08/familysearch‐indexing?lang=eng. • Volunteer not employed, but indexing helps her to develop skills that make her more employable.
• Two of our greatest contributors are a fungus guru and a retired geologist, both from Australia. They have made a tremendous contribution. The fungus person is related to Galpin and felt a special bond transcribing a record for Mosdenia phleoides named for the farm Mosdene where Galpin lived after he retired.
Feedback is very important to let the indexers feel our appreciation, to guide them in incorrect transcription practices, and so that they feel part of the team.
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