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FamilySearch (familysearch.org<\/a>), the world\u2019s largest free family history website, has introduced a method of online volunteering where family historians around the world check transcriptions of handwriting that have been created by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n

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The new volunteering project in action <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Since FamilySearch introduced online volunteering in 2007, nearly two billion records have been transcribed using traditional methods.<\/p>\n\n

However, at the RootsTech Connect 2022 virtual family history conference in March, FamilySearch announced a new way for volunteers to improve the accuracy of transcriptions.<\/p>\n\n

To take part, family historians should go to familysearch.org\/getinvolved<\/a> <\/strong>and click \u2018My Opportunities\u2019. They can then select \u2018Indexing\u2019 to continue with traditional transcription, or go to \u2018Review Names\u2019. If they choose the latter option then they will be shown a document where the names have been filled in by artificial intelligence, and merely have to confirm whether the matches are correct or not.<\/p>\n\n

The technology currently only applies to a collection of wills and deeds from the USA, and Spanish-language baptism records from 22 Latin American countries. However, it will be used on the 1950 US census when the records become available on 1 April, and Italian and Portuguese records will launch later in the year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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