World Archives Project

In the past 6 months we have indexed 246,991 image sets (close to 7 million records), completed 20 projects and released 18 databases for searching.  Wow!

Projects that are 100% keyed:

• England, Somerset, Gaol Registers, 1807-1879 – 734 image sets remaining
• New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1856-1859 (Part 2) – 1042 image sets remaining
• New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1791-1945 – 6233 image sets remaining
• Savannah, Georgia, Licenses and Bonds, 1837-1909 – 305 image sets remaining
• USHMM – Odessa, Ukraine, Selected Holocaust Records from Romanian Occupation during World War II – 3329 image sets remaining

 Projects that are over a year old:

• Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 – 18,658 image sets remaining
• New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 (Part 2) – 1685 image sets remaining
• New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1791-1945 – 6233 image sets remaining
• New Zealand, The New Zealand Gazette, 1860-1894 – 5112 image sets remaining
• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal, 1885-1980 (Part 2) – 1295 image sets remaining
• Savannah, Georgia, Licenses and Bonds, 1837-1909 – 305 image sets remaining
• Tennessee, Early Land Registers – 11,753 image sets remaining
• USHMM – Kraków, Poland, ID Card Applications for Jews During WWII, 1940-1941 (Part 7) – 542 image sets remaining
• USHMM – Odessa, Ukraine, Selected Holocaust Records from Romanian Occupation during World War II – 3329 image sets remaining

New Databases online:
•    Alabama, Revolutionary War Residents, 1776-1783
•    Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925 updated
•    Czechoslovakia, Selected Jewish Holocaust Records, 1939-1945 (USHMM)
•    Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947
•    Iowa, Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1970
•    Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961  updated
•    London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1930 updated
•    Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1885-1980 updated
•    Poland, Łódź Ghetto Register Books, 1939-1944 (USHMM) updated
•    Poland, Łódż Ghetto Worker ID Cards, 1940-1944 (USHMM) updated
•    South Australia, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1927-1947
•    Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls, 1914-1947
•    Tasmania, Reports of Crime, 1861-1883
•    Tulare County, California, Sheriff’s Office and Jail Records, 1874-1963
•    U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 updated
•    UK, Police Gazettes, 1812-1902, 1921-1927
•    Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1914-1924
•    West Yorkshire, England, Select Removal and Settlement Records, 1689-1866

That’s a total of more than 5.6 million more records that are now searchable.  Your contributions are making a difference.  Thank you!