The USGenWeb Archives
The USGenWeb Archives are a "virtual library" of historical documents that have been
transcribed and donated by folks like you. This newsletter contains some of the newest
submissions. In The USGenWeb Archives you may find items such as wills,
obituaries, letters, biographical sketches, county and township histories, census,
cemeteries, etc. This will vary by state and county, dependant upon what has been submitted.
The Archives were first established as a support tool for the USGenWeb County Coordinators,
to provide a permanent storage place for valuable genealogical date, with unlimited space
available.
What a wonderful wealth of information -- free genealogical data online -- what a concept....
there must be a catch. There ISN'T a catch. The USGenWeb Archives should be supported and
presented as an alternative to other avenues of publishing genealogical data. The Archives are
housed by RootsWeb with unlimited space for data storage. Dr. Brian Leverich was one of the founders
of the Archives. RootsWeb deserves thanks from all of us for their gracious, untiring, and patient
support of the genealogical community.
The USGenWeb Archives Digital Library was implemented in July 1996, and files are being added
everyday. If you have transcriptions to contribute, please read the
Guidelines for
file contributions.
The USGenWeb Archives
Census Images
The USGenWeb Archives
Church Records Project
The USGenWeb Archives
Digital Maps Project
The USGenWeb Archives Marriages Project
The USGenWeb Archives Obituaries Project
The USGenWeb Archives
Pension Project
The USGenWeb Archives
Special Collections Project
That's exactly why the organizers and the current volunteers of the USGenWeb Archives structured
them the way they are (for future growth). Every circumstance, idea, possibility, technology
(present and future), was considered when setting the Guidelines of the USGenWeb Archives. They've
grown to over 2.5 GIGS of text data, and way over that in scanned documents... in just three years.
The first file was uploaded in June 1996.
We have a million hits (downloads) a month, and researchers find the present structure very easy
and useful. The archivists have made very few changes since June 1996, for example - including adding
the USGenWeb Archives Notice to each file, because several ventures were starting to point to the
files behind a fee-based website, and some were copying the files to build a library for their own
purpose.
File submitters are from all over the Internet, including genealogical societies, departments of
the United States government, and local and county offices. People see the advantage of the Archives
for researchers, and go out of their way to help. We're constantly getting messages asking, "How can
I help?"
The Archives have also gained a respect from the NGS, who helped us
start the Chalkley Chronicles project, and other
genealogical societies - who send databases of their out-of-print publications, and government
offices - census and Bureau of Land Management.
Rootsweb has provided free access to the USGenWeb Archives since 1996,
and like our volunteers, is dedicated to free online genealogy.
USGenWeb Archives File Managers
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