Challenge Update, Week 7
We had another great week! It took me a little while to figure out all of the Challenge winners which means that we had a lot of involvement. Thank you to all who participated in the Challenge.
Here are the Week 6 winners:
Savannah, Georgia, Licenses and Bonds, 1837-1909
Keyer: Anna Marie D, USA
Reviewer: Karen W, USA
U.S., Military Registers, 1862-1970 (Part 2)
Keyer: Kathie G, CAN
Reviewer: 3rd Top: Katherine K, CAN
1st: Karen T
2nd: Ann C
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1790-1930
Reviewer: 3rd Top: Debra P, USA
1st: Karen W
2nd: Glenys P
Project of the Day Challenges:
Thursday, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1790-1930
Reviewer: 3rd: Sue W, AUS
1st: Karen W
Saturday, U.S., Military Registers, 1862-1970 (Part 2)
Keyer: 4th: Tammy S, USA
1st: Sammie C
Reviewer: 4th: Melodee E, USA
1st: Karen T
And on to Week 7, our last week in the U.S. Our projects this week are:
- Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications
- Tennessee, Early Land Registers
- Texas, Convict Ledgers and Conduct Registries, 1849-1970
We just released the Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications project today for keying and it will open for review on Wednesday. These applications are a wealth of knowledge as they follow through the descendancy of the applicant linking them to their relative who was on the Mayflower. Because the applicants wrote in their answers there is a variance in handwriting but I haven’t come across an application yet that I couldn’t read. If you have questions or feedback about this project you can post them on the Discussion page or this message board thread.
Happy indexing! May your fingers fly across your keyboard and never weary.
I have a question for those listed as winners for the past couple of weeks for the Fall Challenge.
Have you been notified that you are a winner yet? If so, how long did it take to be contacted after the challenge ended?
I am listed as a winner for Week 4 for the project I worked on but have not been contacted. I emailed ancestry.com at worldarchivesproject@ancestry.com (like it is listed in the rules for this ongoing contest) inquiring about the winners but have not received a reply; that was almost two weeks ago.