World Archives Project

Our new project this week is the England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1843.  This is a pretty small collection, with less than 100 image sets, and contains information about individuals who were convicted of crimes and found to be criminally insane.  If you have questions about the keying of this project please post them on the Discussion […]

This week we have two new projects – New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1825 and New Zealand, Who’s Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, 1908, 1925, 1938.  They are both relatively small projects 200 and 700 image sets respectively. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1825 is a collection of letters from the Colonial […]

This week brings us the New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1791-1945 project.  You will encounter a large variety of records including membership records, records of pastors, baptism, marriage, and burial records as well as other various documents and histories.  We will not be keying from records, such as meeting minutes, that often come in […]

April was a busy month with seven new World Archives Project databases, and over a million new records, being added to Ancestry. Isle of Wight, England, Non-Conformist Registers, 1832-1937 Indiana, Quaker Meeting Directories, 1836-1921 U.S., Guilford College Alumni Directory and Yearbooks, 1911-1937, West Yorkshire, England, Militia, 1779-1827 West Yorkshire, England, Prison Records,1801-1914 West Yorkshire, England, […]

Today brings us two new projects from California – California, Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1942 and California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950 (Part 5). In the California, Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1942 project you will encounter packets and cards with information regarding land held in California by non-naturalized immigrants, mainly of Japanese descent, between 1921 and 1942.  We are […]

We appreciate all of the contributions for the USHMM projects last week during the Days of Remembrance. Tuesday – Top Keyer: Rebecca F*  & Top Reviewer: Elisabeth P Wednesday – Top Keyer: Patricia L  & Top Reviewer: Michael L Thursday – Top Keyer: Jane F  & Top Reviewer: Kate R Friday – Top Reviewer: Sally M* Saturday & […]