World Archives Project
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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Canada, Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia, 1872-1914Easy81%
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Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978Easy2%
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Liverpool, United Kingdom, Crew Lists 1860-1919Average10%
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USHMM - Eure-et-Loir, France, Selected Holocaust RecordsAverage56%
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All Active World Archives Projects
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Project Name Difficulty Project progress
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Canada, Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia, 1872-1914Easy81%
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Cartes électorales de Paris et ses environs et d’autres villes françaises, 1900-1932 (France Electoral Cards)Average10%
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Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947Average4%
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Dorset, England, Quarter Session Order Books, 1625-1951Advanced16%
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Kansas, City and County Census, 1919-1978Easy2%
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Liverpool, United Kingdom, Crew Lists 1860-1919Average10%
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London, England, Poor Law Removal and Settlement RecordsAdvanced44%
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New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930Average86%
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New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955Average86%
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Pavia, Lombardia, Italia: Registri di Matrimonio, 1866-1937 (Registers of Marriage)Advanced17%
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Pavia, Lombardia, Italia: Registri di Morte, 1866-1937 (Registers of Deaths)Advanced37%
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United States, African American Newspapers, 1823-1915Easy57%
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USHMM - Czech Republic, Selected Jewish Holocaust Records, 1939-1941Advanced43%
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USHMM - Czech Republic, Social Welfare and Repatriation Records of Holocaust Survivors, 1939-1948Average0%
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USHMM - Eure-et-Loir, France, Selected Holocaust RecordsAverage56%
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USHMM - Krakow, Poland, Applications for ID Cards for Jews during World War II (Part 1)Average37%
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USHMM - Odessa, Ukraine, Selected Holocaust Records from Romanian Occupation during World War IIAverage5%
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USHMM Lodz, Poland, Vital Records of Jews in the Lodz Ghetto, 1939-1944Average5%
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Warwickshire, England, Occupational and Quarter Session Records – Game KeepersAverage85%
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How does it work?
You simply take digitized historical records and key in information to create free, searchable record indexes.