Ancestry World Archives Project News

Due to the backlog of arbitration and review image sets, and the amount of time these projects have been available we have decided to move 3 projects ahead to the processing stage without completing the review process.  What does this mean?  The review or arbitration image sets will disappear from the queue and the records that [...]

On Tuesday we sent out the May edition of the World Archives Project Newsletter.  Of interest in the newsletter was the announcement regarding the change in keying of illegible characters.  If you are not receiving the newsletters, sent every other month, make sure to check your newsletter preferences and check the box next to the World Archives Project newsletter [...]

Earlier today we released four new projects – Scioto County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1803-1860, Bartholomew County, Indiana, Birth Records Index, 1883-1920, Montgomery County, Indiana, Index to Birth Records, 1882-1920 and Ireland, Lord Viscount Morpeth’s Testimonial Roll, 1841.  The first three projects listed are small, typewritten collections.  These are collections that are available on Ancestry currently that [...]

Woohoo! We have completed all of the New York Originals and Buffalo Soldiers! There are many contributors who have spent hours and hours working on these projects. Thank you!! For New York Originals it has been a 3 year journey with 8500+ contributors spending 150,000+ hours keying close to 1.5 million records! For Buffalo Soldiers [...]

The Texas, Court of Criminal Appeal Indexes, 1892-1947 is an easy project but be mindful that there are pretty detailed instructions to follow in regard to how the Appellant and Appellee names are being keyed.  The records are handwritten and in many cases the clerk writes their n’s and m’s inverted – so be careful not to [...]

Due to difficulties with the Death Place we have decided to remove this field.  In order to remove the field we will be removing all of the image sets you have currently downloaded.  This change will take place by 9 am MT (so in the next few minutes).   If you have any questions please [...]

Earlier today we released the U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1945.  This collection is a series of books detailing the deaths of  officers who died while serving in the U.S. Navy.   The records are all typed and range from 1 name to 20+ names on a page.  There are a few tricky instructions, especially regarding keying [...]

This week has been part of the National Days of Remembrance, which is a week set aside in the U.S. as a commemoration of the Holocaust.  As an ending to the week I thought it would be appropriate to have a challenge for the World Memory Project.  The challenge* will start Saturday, April 21 and go through Monday, April 23 and will [...]

This morning we released the Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, which are lists of  residents who were taxed in the 1800′s.  These records are both handwritten and typed – the handwriting varies significantly so if you happen to download an image set that you are not able to read cancel it and download a few [...]

After a few weeks without being able to blog I am rearing and ready to go!  Today we released the Wayne County Death Index for keying!  This collection is type written records noting deaths in Wayne County, Indiana from 1882-1920.  It is a small collection so if you want to key it grab a few image sets [...]