Are you looking for some genealogy-related volunteer opportunities? Check out these great causes below. Most of them will be happy for as little as five minutes of your time. Do you know of others? Use our “Submissions” tab to let us know!
Indexing
Ancestry World Archives Project
Billion Graves – Transcribing tombstone photos
National Archives Citizen Archivist – Documents from the US National Archives
World Memory Project – US Holocaust Memorial Museum documents
Online (other than Indexing)
Genuki – UK & Ireland Genealogy
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
Genealogy Trails History Group
Locality
US State Historical Societies & Museums\
US State Genealogical Societies
Your local Genealogy society library
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
There are many, many volunteer opportunities available.
From Anywhere:
- Indexing
On-site presence required:
- Proofreading
- Digital Quality Control
- Document Scanning
- Document Integration and Uploading
- Digital Project Leaders
- Digital Project Assistants
Conference Keeper 