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Ellsworth to Dorothy, 1 August 1932
Oh Dot, I think of you in all my work. You just seem to pop up wherever I am and whatever I’m doing. Even though I’m busy and not able to write quite so often as I did I think of us often and with more real appreciation. At first it was sort of a devoid feeling I felt mostly because of my many evenings and days with you. It was a direct change in my way of living. Now I’m somewhat over that. I still am lonely but I’m realizing what it means to be a pal to you and be in your company. A deeper appreciation I believe. It’s surely the foundation for a very close friendship. I realize now that it is not a common infatuation or a short romance. If it were ever that it has changed into something which I want to keep and what means everything to me.
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Love Letters Part III—Love Realized
[Dorothy and Ellsworth become engaged in the Spring of 1933, yet the are still spending summers apart while Ellsworth works in Idaho, and then later when he serves a six-month mission in Colorado. -Cathy] [Ellsworth to Dorothy, 29 July 1933] It is evening. The earth...
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Love Letters Part II—Missing Dorothy
[Ellsworth to Dorothy 9 July 1932] As I sit here all alone I wonder what you are doing now. Are you having a good time! I hope so because it would compensate in some measure for the wonderful time I'm having. Wonderful - like fun. Tonight while near the Union Pacific...
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Love Letters Part I: Early Days
For Valentine's Day Weekend, we're posting our favorite excerpts from our archive of love letters between Dorothy Smith and Ellsworth M. Clark. It's 1932, and their relationship is quite young and unsettled. Ellsworth, on summer break in his hometown of Idaho, emerges...
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Dorothy to Ellsworth, 25 January 1934
How do you feel today? A beautiful, coral-streaked opal sky heralds the dawn of your Birthday Anniversary. The cool, crisp air promises continued winter for us.
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Ellsworth to Dorothy, 24 June 1932
[Ellsworth is in Georgetown, Idaho on summer break from his studies in Salt Lake City. He is looking for work and missing Dorothy. You may note the absence of Dorothy's letters. We know she sent him replies, but she had apparently discarded some letters she sent...
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Ellsworth to Dorothy, 9 June 1932
Georgetown, Idaho 7:45 AM. Thursday, 6-9-32 Dear Dorothy, Even though I sit here listening to the same radio program that you are able to hear in Salt Lake, it seems as though I am a very long distance aways away from you. After I left you about 3:40 a.m. I went back...
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Ellsworth to Dorothy, 4 May 1932
I am better because of knowing her. She has made me see the shallowness of a girl who looks upon life as a plaything and made me see a girl who has the ideals of a healthy Normal person.
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Record Rescue Special *Sale Extended!*
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Kindex Software Update 26 March 2020
Over the past several months we've rolled out many new and improved features for our Kindex archive owners and Kindexers. Here's a summary of what's new. 1. “Not Indexed” View Now it's easier for you and your indexers to find records that need to be indexed....
Turning the family tree inside out: using family records in genealogy
Over the past few years we've observed the increasingly prominent role stories have played in helping people engage with family history. During 2016, Steve Rockwood, president and CEO of FamilySearch International, revealed how FamilySearch is changing the way they...

Hoarder to Order Part III: Prepare to Rescue
Kindex Co-founder Cathy Gilmore presented "Hoarder to Order: a Step-by-Step Family Record Rescue" at RootsTech 2018. This presentation examines why records are at risk, discusses obstacles to family record preservation, and gives a step-by-step overview of how...

Hoarder to Order Part II: A Family Record Risk Assessment
Kindex Co-founder Cathy Gilmore presented "Hoarder to Order: a Step-by-Step Family Record Rescue" at RootsTech 2018. This presentation examines why records are at risk, discusses obstacles to family record preservation, and gives a step-by-step overview of how...
Our Hill Cumorah
Note: this article was orginally published December 9 2015. It has been subsequently edited and updated with new photos. -Cathy Gilmore A recent article on lds.org, Reclaiming Hill Cumorah1, prompted us to share some sources related to Hill Cumorah, its monument, and...

Dorothy Smith & Ellsworth Clark Archive
For our inaugural Featured Archive it is only fitting that we start with the archive of the woman who inspired us to build Kindex: our Grandma Dorothy Smith Clark. She is, and will always be our inspiration for building Kindex and rescuing family records.

Hoarder to Order Part I: Am I My Brother’s (Record) Keeper?
Kindex Co-founder Cathy Gilmore presented "Hoarder to Order: a Step-by-Step Family Record Rescue" at RootsTech 2018. This presentation examines why records are at risk, discusses obstacles to family record preservation, and gives a step-by-step overview of how...

Solving Mysteries with Searchable Archives
Could this handwriting mystery be solved in seconds with our searchable family archive?

Record Rescue Special *Sale Extended!*
Jump-Start Your Family Archive with a Kindex Box Special Kindex is here to help you rescue your family records by offering an incredible deal on an all-inclusive family record rescue! We are extending our "Box Special" RootsTech pricing through June 2020 to help...
Kindex Software Update 26 March 2020
Over the past several months we've rolled out many new and improved features for our Kindex archive owners and Kindexers. Here's a summary of what's new. 1. “Not Indexed” View Now it's easier for you and your indexers to find records that need to be indexed....

New Kindex Feature Release Today
We are excited to announce the release of a major update to Kindex archival software, with several new features that will make creating your searchable family archive faster and easier. We've maximized space, improved archive organization, and...

Announcing New Download Tools for Archive Owners
It's your archive—use what's in it! Just-released software updates make it easier than ever to access, save, and utilize your archive data and source records. Kindex archive owners can now: Download archive data as XLS (Microsoft...

Transforming Family History Through Metadata & Transcription
If a family record can't be discovered, searched, or shared, what value is it? How do we rescue our family records and transform them into a family archive that reaches beyond the walls of our own home and into the hearts of countless others? Engaging our families...

New on Kindex: Transcribe Faster, Better
Kindex is excited to announce several updates to our archival web software that will make indexing your family records faster and easier. View record progress at a glance Transcribe records back-to-back with new "Save & Do Next" button Transcribe tables, forms,...

Archive your Life: 10 Ideas for your Kindex Archive
You don't need to have a stack of old family records to need a Kindex archive. Just today I was staring at a pile of my daughter's artwork from school and thought, “I'm archiving this on Kindex!” 1. Gather We started with a set of pictures my daughter drew for a book....

Announcing new batch & collections features for your Kindex archive
Kindex is excited to announce the release of two major software updates that enable Kindex users to customize and grow their archives in powerful new ways. 1. Add & Organize Records into Collections Archive owners can now create Collections within their archives...

Who Deserves an Archive?
Among the many documents our Grandma Dorothy Clark left behind was a handwritten list of her attempts to be published. She sent articles to church magazines or the Reader's Digest, but not once were her stories published. As an amateur artist, she never had an...

Indexing on the Kindex Lost & Found Archive
Thanks for being amazing and indexing on found.kindex.org! See the instructions below for indexing records on the Kindex Lost & Found Archive. For a general overview and instructions, see links below. General Indexing Guidelines Software Overview FAQ...