World Archives Project

Wow!  This is long overdue. In 2016 we indexed 405,134 image sets for a total of 15,234,403 records contributed.  Since the beginning of the year we have indexed 80,180 image sets for a total of 3,882,024 records contributed.  We completed 43 project and 57 projects were launched live on Ancestry.  What a great effort! Projects that are over a […]

In the past 6 months we have indexed 246,991 image sets (close to 7 million records), completed 20 projects and released 18 databases for searching.  Wow! Projects that are 100% keyed: England, Somerset, Gaol Registers, 1807-1879 – 734 image sets remaining New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1856-1859 (Part 2) – 1042 image sets remaining […]

In the past month we have released 5 projects Live on Ancestry.  Between the projects that is more than 1.4 million more records searchable for free! U.S., Cherokee Baker Roll and Records, 1924-1929 U.S., Military Registers, 1862-1970 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Tax Lists, 1819-1869 Cheddar Rate Book, 1865 USHMM: Czechoslovakia, Selected Jewish Holocaust Records, 1939-1941 Thank […]

Today Canadians celebrate the 146th birthday of the formation of Canada as a country.  I love that the first few days of July hold two days that allow my family to celebrate our heritage.  Tonight to celebrate my family will have fireworks and a variety of Canadian treats – Nanaimo bars, puffed wheat squares, and […]

June is a great month!  We are starting the month with three new projects which will be followed by 4 projects going LIVE throughout the month. Our new projects are, West Yorkshire, England, Prison Records,1801-1914, Georgia, Control Register of Convicts, 1817-1976 and Pennsylvania, Genealogical Scrapbooks and County Ledgers.     West Yorkshire, England, Prison Records,1801-1914 is a collection of prison […]

We recently released two databases – and there will be a handful more coming later this month.  Between them there were 337,000 names keyed by 2000 contributors over countless hours. U.S., Buffalo Soldiers, Returns From Regular Army Cavalry Regiments, 1866-1916 Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920, aka Alabama Reference Name Files What […]

In September we have released 6 new live databases!! Georgia Civil War Correspondence 1847-1865 U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 Montgomery County, Indiana Index to Birth Records, 1882-1920 Bartholomew County, Indiana Index to Birth Records, 1883-1920 USHMM – Records of the World Jewish Congress in Romania And, we need a drum roll for this one… New […]

In August we released 3 databases available for searching on Ancestry. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Immigration Records, Special Boards of Inquiry, 1893-1909 Second Census of Kentucky, 1800 Thank you to the 377 contributors who keyed and reviewed the 119,000+ records in these collections!

In the past month we have released 6 projects Live on Ancestry!!  Because of your efforts there are now 329,000+ more records available to be searched. California, American Biography and Genealogy Dorset, England, Militia Lists, 1757-1860 Dorset, England, Vagrant Passes, 1739-1791 Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989 North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787 Pennsylvania, U.S. […]

Over the past month, and a bit, we have released 6 more projects live on Ancestry – wow! U.S. Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959 New York, Erie County Census 1855, 1865, 1875 Middlesex, England, Convict Transportation Contracts, 1682-1787 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements USHMM- Poland, Jews […]