Archives for October, 2016

Three new projects!


Today brings us.. Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001 – This project is similar to previous projects – it is print and images are generally easy to read.  We are keying certain events and the sample images will help identify these.  If you have questions please post on the Discussion page or the Australia Records message […]

Challenge 6 and 7 Winners


Over the past few weeks it has been great to see the contributions increase for some of our less popular projects – the U.S. Southern Claims is one of those.  It was published for keying in January 2013 and is 48% complete.  It is relatively easy so we hope to keep up the momentum. Congratulations […]

Fall Challenge Update


We are in the homestretch of the Challenge.  … Challenge 6 is underway – running through the end of tomorrow.   So far 2188 records have been keyed and only 120 have been reviewed.  If you haven’t had a chance to contribute to either the Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1885-1980 […]

Calling all keyers


UPDATE: Top Keyer: Linda, USA Top Reviewer: Katherine, CA Drawing winner: Sara, USA   Challenge #3 is underway and there are no review image sets currently available but there are 20,000+ keying image sets for New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 (Part 3) and 30,000+ keying image sets for New South Wales, Australia, Colonial […]