World Archives Project

Today brings us a fun project.  It was originally indexed by OCR many years ago so not all names and pertinent information were indexed.  The records contain a history and genealogy of colonial families who settled in the U.S.A. from 1607-1775 – note that not all records are from this period as that is just […]

Today brings us a handful of smaller projects. A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1759 This is a book that provides information for early immigrants to America.  It was previously “indexed” by OCR.  The records are typed and easy to follow although there is some dissecting of the data to determine which fields […]

The top keyer and reviewer for the Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 today and tomorrow (Mar 17 & 18) will win their choice of a DNA test (see if you are Irish!) or a 3 month World subscription. Happy indexing! May the luck of the Irish be with you.

UPDATE: The servers have been updated and everything has been working well.  We will continue to test but don’t anticipate any issues. Over the next few days we will updating servers.  This will cause some down time with the keying tool.  If you have difficulties please try again – if the issue persists send us […]

By the title of the post it is safe to assume that we need to share some not as happy news.  Yesterday it was discovered that we had inadvertently been keying some records that we had already keyed.  Some of the records in New South Wales, Australia, Industrial School Registers, 1867-1925 (Part 2) were also in […]

UPDATE: The wiki is back up! The wiki is currently unavailable.  This means that all of the help articles are not accessible.  We are working on the wiki and hope to have it back up soon.

Today is the day that the United Nations has recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day; it is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  The World Memory Project will celebrate our 5th anniversary in a few months – in that time millions of records have been indexed by thousands of contributors.  Currently there are 21 […]

Today we have some very exciting news for new and seasoned indexers alike! The Ancestry World Archives Project Keying Standards (AWAKS) have been extensively updated. These standards serve as general keying standards for all projects, only superseded by the Wiki Article Project Instructions. New to indexing and want to know the basics of how to […]

One of my favorite projects to date – location, criminals, pictures, slight challenge of handwriting – the Arizona, Prison Records, 1875-1929 seems to have it all.  These are prison records from Yuma, Arizona.  (My sister lived, and taught HS in Yuma for years – their school mascot was a “Crim”.)  This project is rated as […]

After the drought comes the windfall – today brings us 4 new projects! Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925 (Part 2) Similar to part 1 … exactly the same instructions but different records.  The images have been presorted so there should be records to key on every image.  We […]