Ancestry.com has introduced a new community keying initiative called the World Archives Project. As it is something that fits very well with RootsWeb's mission of "finding our roots together" we wanted to share the opportunity to participate with everyone on RootsWeb.com.
The World Archives Project lets everyone from the genealogy community help bring FREE historical record collections to the public. Anyone can participate by accessing images of historical records through free software from Ancestry.com and entering relevant names, dates and other facts from the documents. This information will then be brought together to create free indexes searchable on Ancestry.com.
Many of the world's historical records are disappearing faster than any one organization can archive them, and we truly believe that they need to be preserved. Through the World Archives Project you can help make that happen.
On Ancestry.com you can download the free software, or learn more about the World Archives Project.