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May Software Update for Archive Owners
It's been a busy spring at Kindex! Here's what we've been up to. New Help Guides Now Available New Kindex Archive Plans This spring we officially released new archive plans for Kindex. Learn more about our new Cloud and Closet plans. Note: If you...
Time to Jump In! Announcing New Kindex Archive Plans
Spend Less. Get More. We are excited to annouce new archive plans with pricing we think you'll love. Full-featured archival software, unlimited records and collaborators, and built-in indexing tools for less than the price of a value meal? Yes please! CLOUD PUBLIC...
Solving Archival Challenges for the Mormon Battalion Association
Kindex co-founder Kimball Clark and Laura Anderson, Senior Historian at the Church History Library, will present "Crowdsourcing Your History: Collaborative Archives for Families, Groups, and Societies" at the RootsTech Demo Theater on Thursday, March 1 at 10:20...
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 Excel Spreadsheet) Download archive...
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, and...
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 to...
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...
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 to...
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...
Find What is Lost: Introducing found.kindex.org
A few weeks ago I was browsing in an antique shop when a stack of old photos caught my eye. As I examined these portraits and family poses one by one, I discovered names written on the back: David A. Page. Teddy O. Keefer. Ester Olson. How did they get lost? As a...
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 Getting Started...
Announcing the Release of Collaborative & Public Archives
Announcing the release the Kindex Collaborative Upgrade, the best way to bring family and friends together on a single, online archive. Upgrade to Collaborative and transform your archive into a destination where friends or family can help gather, index, and search—or...
Upside Down & Inside Out: Using Family Records in Genealogy
Over the past couple of 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...
There’s an archive for that: 10 everyday solutions using Kindex
Not quite ready to throw out your college essays, old dance photos, and bills from the previous century? Kindex has a solution for you. Not just for old family records, Kindex is great for any record or source you want to preserve, access, or share. Here are some of...
Gather What is Scattered
Accumulating, organizing, and digitizing family records is the first—and often the most challenging—step families face. And the larger the family association, the more complex this “gather” step can be.
A Reunion of Records: Giving Family Reunions a Higher Purpose
From venues to menus, reunion planning involves numerous parts, including meals, activities, displays, entertainment, games, and publicity. While most family reunions include heritage-related displays and activities, we believe family reunions are a unique and ideal setting for accomplishing important family history goals, including record gathering and digitization.
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?
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...
Kindex Archive Essential Features
Many Kindex users have asked us, "What exactly do I get when I sign up for Kindex?" We're glad you asked! Here's a summary of all our key features. Create Your Cloud or Closet Archive Kindex Cloud archive is a publicly accessible archive. Cloud owners may invite...
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, and...
Three Questions for Record Keepers
Are your family records discoverable, accessible, and searchable? These are the kinds of questions we think about every day. We help family archivists rescue their records, bring them out of obscurity, and create archives that can be discovered, accessed and shared.
Family letters: Opening the door to our ancestor’s lives
If a photo is a window into a family's life, then a letter is the door. This 1904 portrait of the Emma Woolley and Charles Rich Clark family is beautiful, but offers few clues about the challenges, personalities and relationships between these family members. Today,...
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....
Make your next family reunion a “Record Rescue”
Have you planned your family reunion yet? If you've ever attended a reunion, you know how much work goes into publicity, venues, games, t-shirts, and of course, food. In all this planning, it's easy to lose sight of one key event you should implement at your next...