World Archives Project

Project Update

Posted by afechter
March 2, 2015

The year is off to a great start! We completed 65,472 image sets in January and surpassed that in February with 72,879 – split almost evenly between key and review.

And keeping you up to date with our projects that are 100% keyed:

Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter, 1738-1925 – 590 review image sets remaining (470 completed)
Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947 –2847 review image sets remaining (4729 completed)
Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978 – 100%
Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978 (Part 1) – 100%
London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1828-1930 (Update) –851 review image sets remaining (3613 completed)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal, 1885-1980 –524 review image sets remaining (647 completed)
Savannah, Georgia, Licenses and Bonds, 1837-1909 – 4554 review image sets remaining (500 completed)
Scotland, Royal College of Nursing, Register of Nurses – 100%
Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902 – 100%
Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls, 1892-1947 – 4364 review image sets remaining (1007 completed)
Tulare County, California, Sheriff’s Office and Prison Records, 1874-1963 – 1899 review image sets remaining (3267 completed)
U.S., Military Registers, 1862-1970 (Part 5) – 548 review image sets remaining
USHMM – Odessa, Ukraine, Selected Holocaust Records from Romanian Occupation during World War II – 4512 review image sets remaining (593 completed)
West Yorkshire, England, Quarter Session Orders, 1637-1914 – 2793 review image sets remaining (1886 completed)

Thank you for all that you contribute to the World Archives Project!

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Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: D Williams
Posted on:: March 4, 2015 at 10:37 pm

I love to index, but have not been able to for quite a while. This is my dilemma….the same projects have been available for quite some time. Several I may be interested in are in a different language and therefore eliminates them. A few newspaper sets are extremely hard to read…almost to the point of what’s the use trying. The Methodist church records, and a few others, are horribly written. And there are others I am simply not interested in or have done for so long at some point I have become bored with them. Is it not possible to get more diverse records or specific location, I am really interested in Wisconsin info as that is where I was born and my family is all located. Just need a change I guess. As I said I love indexing and would love to start up again.

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: Jo Diaz
Posted on:: March 5, 2015 at 9:30 am

The records from Puerto Rico really should be reviewed. They were obviously indexed by non-Spanish speakers because very common last names are indexed bizarrely. It is wonderful that people volunteered their time to do the records but as a researcher, it makes it difficult to find information when the names one is looking for are spelled nothing like the real name. I volunteer to do it! 🙂

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: CKelley
Posted on:: March 6, 2015 at 3:54 pm

I would like to echo the comments posted Jo Diaz. I was disappointed to find that the New Mexico records are no longer available for indexing. It is difficult for a researcher to find information when the names one is looking for look nothing like what I know.

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