Hard Copy to Digital
The Church recently announced that most Family History Centers in North America are offering a new photo and documents scanning service. This free service will scan, transmit and store your records on your personal genealogical space in high quality digital format. What's more, it only takes minutes.
Recently the services of Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com. and FindMyPast.com will be made available as a free service to LDS membership. This is being done over the course of the year and is available to those whose calling has been established for some time. At present, brother Jennings can assist with these resources. Over time, they will be available to all members.
If you have not visited FamilySearch.org for a while, you are due for some surprises. It is easier to submit ordinances for temple work, attach pictures and source documents, transfer new source documents to your ancestors, and look at descendants.
Quarterly goals now include name submissions. It appears that it is automatically recorded and credited to the ward when you sign in and submit. If you do not have an LDS account to sign in to the many sites that are offered, see a member of the bishopric, a clerk, or a priesthood or auxiliary adviser for assistance.
Volunteers are needed to index records. It is a lot easier than it sounds. A few minutes at a time is all it takes to assist in this great work going forward. The 1940 census only took 6 months because of the many who volunteered.