Articles About Digitization

Introducing…The World Memory Project

Posted by Crista Cowan on May 3, 2011 in Company News, Content, Digitization, World Archives Project

Today, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com announce the launch of the World Memory Project. The goal is to build the largest free online resource for information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II. The Museum’s archives contain information on well over 17 million… Read more

In Minutes You Can Preserve Centuries

Posted by Kenny Freestone on October 29, 2010 in Ancestry.com Site, Digitization, Family Trees

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Some pictures, however, are priceless. For example, these photos of my grandpa Jerry Ogden (who died when I was too young to have any memory of him) are priceless to me. Our ancestors were living, breathing people. And they left behind visual cues to their… Read more

Enhanced U.S. Census Collection

Posted by Heather Erickson on December 10, 2009 in Content, Digitization, Searching for Records

In a survey of Ancestry.com members last year, top on your wish list was improved images for U.S. Federal Censuses. As you know, the U.S. Censuses are one of the richest sources of information for family history searches. So, improving this collection has been a top priority at Ancestry.com throughout 2009. We’ve enhanced six new… Read more

Video: Behind the Scenes at Ancestry.com

Posted by Heather Erickson on December 4, 2009 in Ancestry.com Site, Content, Digitization, Family Trees, Searching for Records, Site Features

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at Ancestry.com? Take a look at the people and thinking behind our company and how Ancestry.com helps you easily discover your story online.

Meeting with the nation’s archivists

Posted by Ancestry.com on July 31, 2008 in Content, Digitization

This is my first post on the Ancestry.com Blog. I work in the Content group and I’m responsible for many of the relationships with State Archives and Vital Records groups. This past week, I along with Quinton Atkinson and Brian Peterson, some of the Content group colleagues, attended a conference of the National Association of… Read more

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