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200. My mother Ruth Allen Miles in the First Extraction Mission, and Family Search Indexing today.

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I first posted the blog below on December 9, 2013, and it was blog # 30.  My mother, Ruth Allen Miles, was in the very first extraction mission, in March 1977, which was the beginning of what is now Family Search Indexing.  It began right here in St. George, to help provide names for the Temple.  Just last Sunday, a worldwide record was set.   The information is here: First of all was this notice sent out early in July, 2014: On July 2, 2012, a total of 49,025 FamilySearch indexers and arbitrators joined together to set the all-time record for the most indexing participants in a single day. That lofty record is about to be broken—by you! Join volunteers from around the world on July 20 and 21 for an international history-making event! The goal? For 50,000 indexers and arbitrators to submit at least one batch in a 24-hour period! Then, on July 23, 2014, this notice was sent out: FamilySearch volunteers are amazing! On July 20th and 21st, FamilySearch indexers and arbitrators f