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Today Ancestry.com and FGS announced the Public Beta for the World Archives Project.  This project is a community keying initiative that will allow participants to contribute to the effort of indexing genealogical and historical records.  You can read about the project on the main Ancestry.com Blog here.

If you are interested in participating to help preserve the world’s records, please download the software and let us know what you think.  The URL for the main World Archives Project page on Ancestry.com is www.ancestry.com/WorldArchivesProject; we invite you to share it with anyone interested.  If you are a society leader or member and are interested in learning more about how your society can be involved in the World Archives Project please send an email to worldarchivesproject@tgn.com.
 

I think the World Archives Project fits right in with what RootsWeb stands for – not only will the indexes we assist in keying be free for everyone but the community is assisting each other in bringing new records online and preserving valuable information. 

If you are out in Philadelphia attending FGS please stop by the Ancestry.com booth to learn more, and to say hi.

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