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With a few keystrokes,
you could bring a family together.
You can play an important role in helping people find their family history. And all it takes is a computer, some basic software we provide and a little of your time. The Ancestry World Archives Project is thousands of volunteers from around the world with a passion for genealogy and a desire to help others discover their roots. Details and people long ago forgotten are found and stories are preserved for generations to come. And you can be a part of it in no time.
Just register, download the free software and you're ready to go.
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Watch what you can do as part of the World Archives Project.
Take a look at the historical collections we're currently working on.
Featured World Archives Projects
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Project Name Difficulty Project progress
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Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978Easy27%
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Liverpool, United Kingdom, Crew Lists 1860-1919Average58%
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New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899Easy82%
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All Active World Archives Projects
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Project Name Difficulty Project progress
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Cartes électorales de Paris et ses environs et d’autres villes françaises, 1900-1932 (France Electoral Cards)Average21%
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Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947Average13%
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Dorset, England, Quarter Session Order Books, 1625-1951Advanced65%
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Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978Easy27%
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Liverpool, United Kingdom, Crew Lists 1860-1919Average58%
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Lübeck, Germany, Citizenship Register, 1591-1919Average64%
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New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899Easy82%
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal, 1885-1980Average22%
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Pavia, Lombardia, Italia: Registri di Morte, 1866-1937 (Registers of Deaths)Advanced47%
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Tennessee, Early Land RegistersAverage12%
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Tulare County, California, Sheriff's Office and Prison Records, 1874-1963Easy19%
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U.S. Southern Claims Commission, Disallowed and Barred Claims, 1871-1880Advanced2%
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U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1790-1930Average59%
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USHMM - Czech Republic, Social Welfare and Repatriation Records of Holocaust Survivors, 1939-1948Average16%
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USHMM - Krakow, Poland, Applications for ID Cards for Jews during World War II (Part 4)Average40%
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USHMM - Odessa, Ukraine, Selected Holocaust Records from Romanian Occupation during World War IIAverage14%
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USHMM – Poland, Lòdz Ghetto Register Books, 1939-1944 (Part 1)Average44%
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How does it work?
You simply take digitized historical records and key in information to create free, searchable record indexes.