World Archives Project

Challenge #1 was a huge success with everyone participating! 😉  We completed 5185 image sets for a total of 92,342 records. The favored projects were Kansas Census, Victoria Police Gazettes and Chicago Railroad Employee Records. Winners: Top Keyer: Peggy S, USA Top Reviewer: Anne W, UK 100+ Drawing: Anne K & Mechele H Challenge #2 […]

As the heat of the summer has increased I am spending more time inside during the day.  More time inside = more time to index!  Even though some of you may be fortunate not to live in an oven during the summer you can still join us in spending some quality time inside, in front […]

What are the Keying Standards?  Why aren’t there more standards?  Do the Keying Standards supersede the project instructions? We have the keying standards so when you have a question that the project instructions do not answer you can go to the standards and hopefully have your questions answered.  They also help with standard entries for […]

Today we launched part 3 of the Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1961.  This is most similar to part 2 and has the exact same instructions – we are only keying from the “Schedule 2” records.  (The first part, which took a few years to complete will be available to search next month!) If you have […]

In the past 3 months, since the last update in March, we have completed 179,612 image sets – a lot of progress is being made.   We have said it many times but is always worth repeating – you are an amazing community.  Thank you! Projects that are 100% keyed: Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter, […]