52 Weeks To Better Genealogy - Challenge #44 - Giving Back
The challenge Week 44: Research ways to give back to the genealogy community. The challenge is to examine some different ways genealogists can donate time and effort in kind. Find-a-Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ), Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness ( http://www.raogk.org/ ), FamilySearch Indexing ( http://www.familysearch.or g/eng/indexing/framese t_indexing.asp ), the World Archives Project ( http://landing.ancestry.co m/wap/learnmore.aspx ), Unclaimed Persons ( http://www.unclaimedperson s.org/ ) and the USGenWeb project ( http://www.usgenweb.org/ ) are all dependent on volunteer effort. I have worked worked with Unclaimed persons, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness and Record A Grave organized by Jon Anderson. John posts cemetery transcriptions that we volunteers transcribe to ancestry.com , findagrave.com , and interment.net . I really enjoy working with him. I have volunteered for RAOGK, however I have a sour taste ...