[Genealib] ancestrybank

[Amber Cushing]

Sorry for the cross posting, but I am now curious about this myself.  This
was originally posted on the archives and archivists listserv.  Is anyone
familiar with ancestrybank?  Do you find it useful?  Below is a copy of the
original email the poster on the archives list received. Thanks in advance.

 

Amber Cushing

Reference Librarian

New Hampshire State Library

20 Park Street

Concord, NH 03301

603-271-3302

acushing at library.state.nh.us <mailto:acushing at library.state.nh.us> 

http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/index.html <http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/index.html>
<mailto:acushing at library.state.nh.us> 

 

 

 

  -----Original Message-----

  From: AncestryBank.com [mailto:ancestrybank at ancestrybank.com
<mailto:ancestrybank at ancestrybank.com> ]

  Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:51 PM

  Subject: Archive your documents and earn - Historical Societies

 

 

 

        Ancestrybank.com is a brand new, user-generated database of original
source documents from private collections. The goal of Ancestrybank.com is
to encourage people who own pre-1885 documents to archive them and make them
available to the public. By doing so, we are able to offer a new resource
for family researchers that might have otherwise never been available.

 

        Make money by archiving.

        The concept is simple. If you own a pre-1885 original source
document, register on the site, scan your document, and archive the document
using the fields provided in your account. The document image will then be
made available for people searching using the criteria used to archive the
document. Each time the document image is purchased, the archivist/document
image owner is given $2.50

 

        Historical Societies

        If your membership owns historical letters, court documents,
indentures, any primary source document with genealogical value, please let
them know about Ancestrybank.com. The greater the amount of documents
uploaded, the greater the opportunity to earn extra income. At the same
time, Ancestrybank.com can be a great way to raise funds for historical
societies. A member may want to donate the earning power of their archived
documents. If a historical society refers a member who archives their
document, a quarter will be given to the society every time one of their
document images is purchased.

 

        Earn transcribing documents

        Ancestrybank.com also has a unique feature that allows registered
users to transcribe document images that do not have a transcript attached
to them. When document images are archived, a document submitter has the
option to attach a word file with a transcript of the document image. If
they do not transcribe the document, the image is sent to a transcription
bank, where anyone can transcribe a document, attach the word file and earn
a quarter every time that document is purchased. This feature is offered to
access collective help of many people.

 

        We hope you have a moment to visit this growing site. Let's preserve
the world's documents. Thank you for your time!

 

        www.ancestrybank.com

 

 

 

 

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