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Giving Back to the Genealogy Community

This October is Family History Month, so it's the perfect time to start the giving season. Photo by  Jill Wellington on Pixabay Why Should You Give Back? Since   technology has enabled us to connect and share with others, it would be nice to consider giving to others in any way, shape, or form. Ways to Contribute: Indexing/Community Projects - If you have free time during the day, you might consider indexing. FamilySearch has index projects that you can by countries. Another project you can do is  Tree Extending Hints . Donate- You can donate to a society or organization. The amount of money doesn't matter as it does for taking the time to do it. They will appreciate it. Cleaning/ taking photos of gravestones- Another way is taking photos at a cemetery and uploading them to FindAGrave . Visitors will admire having images of their ancestor's gravestones and the time of the contributor to do so. Volunteering at a society or library- Next ...