Indexing: Where you look at things like birth certificates etc, and transcribe the information onto your computer, and eventually to an internet database, so it can be used and accessed electronically, especially for the purpose of family history.
Interestingly, indexing has made me care a lot more about racial differences, inequality, and rights.
It kills me to index a draft card that the corner, where it normally says to tear off if the applicant is "negro", has been removed. I just feel like...well first of all, they were/are people, not just names on a list...thinking about the racial discrimination really makes me sad. And wish for and hope for better things in the present and future.
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