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Project 5: Indexing


Goal 7: Ancestry World Archives


Tracker: Online or Word | Transl. Videos

Goal 7: (Optional) Participate in the Ancestry World Archives Project, or other indexing projects.


Ancestry has a worldwide archiving project that provides indexes for record collections.


Choices


A Get started with the World Archives Project.


  1. Read the Introduction to the World Archives project.

    AC—Introduction to World Archives

  2. Download the keying tool for PC or for Mac.

B Do record keying for projects.


  1. Watch the keying videos from Ancestry.
  2. Use other resources available on the Ancestry Support page for World Archives.

C Participate in the Canadian Census Indexing Project.


  1. See the Automated Genealogy web page for details and instructions.