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Thanks for your
interest in the AZGenWeb Project. We are always looking for
dedicated people to help us provide genealogical and historical
information that is free to our visitors.
The AZGenWeb Project is a group of
volunteers who coordinate or assist in providing genealogical
information for each county in the State of Arizona. Our volunteers
are people just like you ... individuals who have a desire to learn
more about their ancestors, where they lived, and what their lives
may have been like.
If you have the same desire, then we invite
you to become a volunteer in the AZGenWeb Project. There are a
number of ways for you to help our project grow and we are always
pleased to have new volunteers.
How You Can Make
a Contribution
The success of this
Project depends on people helping people
A common trait of AZGenWeb volunteers is an
inherent desire to do research and to share valuable genealogical
and historical information with others. Participation in the
AZGenWeb comes at many levels of involvement.
The County Coordinator
County Coordinators (CC) are the foundation
of the AZGenWeb. They produce and maintain the county web sites.
They come from all walks of life and can live anywhere there is
access to the internet. The only prerequisites are having a sincere
interest in the genealogy of the county they coordinate, a basic
knowledge of HTML and FTP to maintain the website and, of course,
internet access. County Coordinators also provide basic assistance
to visitors, locate and transcribe data and format information
submitted by other contributors. Age is unimportant — AZGenWeb has
CC's as young as their 20's and as old as their 70's. Additionally,
you don't have to live in the county you host (though it does make
the job easier).
To view a list of current adoptable Arizona
counties visit the
Counties Table page. If the county
in which you are interested does not have a host and you wish to
become a coordinator, please email the
State Coordinator. She has a
waiting list for counties that she can add your name to.
Assistant County Coordinator
If being a County
Coordinator isn't for you, or if you want to ease into the position,
there's always the possibility of starting as an Assistant County
Coordinator. You should contact the County Coordinator directly and
offer to be an assistant.
Lookup Volunteer
Lookup volunteers
offer to do e-mail-based lookups in genealogical material that they
own or have access to. Every county coordinator is searching for
volunteers to help researchers with simple lookup requests. Do you
have an old plat book, a church or town history, or anything similar
on the history of an area and its people? Can you look up records at
your county courthouse or historical society? Do you have access to
cemetery records, county and town histories, marriage information,
or any other genealogically useful data?
If so, then
you may want to consider volunteering to do lookups in those
particular resources. Lookup requests would be forwarded to your
e-mail and you would respond by e-mail. Contact the coordinator of
the county for which you have reference material and offer to do
lookups for other researchers. You will find their contact
information on their county site. You may also contact the
State Coordinator.
Contributor
A contributor
simply shares genealogical or historical information that he has
collected. That date is then published on the specific county
website.
Public
records - census, plats, cemeteries, land deeds, births and deaths,
marriages, voters' lists, post office locations, newspaper clippings
- any public record that will help genealogists find their
ancestors, even if the record is for a small area or short time
period. Photos are also welcomed. Everything helps. To contribute
information, contact the County Coordinator for the county involved.
You may also contact the
State Coordinator.
Transcriber
Many AZGenWeb sites
are in need of people to help transcribe census records, older
research materials - a variety of items. Requirements are a good
eye, a steady typing hand and lots of patience. Some knowledge of
HTML is helpful, but is not always necessary. To volunteer, contact
the specific county coordinator and let him/her know you'd like to
transcribe records. Cemetery records, tombstone transcriptions,
church records, and censuses are always wanted. Just please, make
sure the ones you're planning to do are not already online.
THANK
YOU for your interest in supporting the AZGenWeb
Project.
Please volunteer your
services. Your help will be greatly appreciated!
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