Saturday, March 21, 2015

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

It's time to mention RAOGK once again. Several years ago many of our members had success using the volunteers on this site. When the person whose idea started the organization passed away, it floundered for a while. Visit www.raogk.org to read more about their attempt to rebuild. They request that you register by creating a user name and password. Read their guidelines for making requests OR signing up to volunteer yourself. Once you have registered, you will be able to see the list of volunteers and find out if there is someone that might be able to assist you. Be sure to follow the guidelines: don't ask for something the volunteer has not agreed to do.
Here is the information from the website:
"Our volunteers have agreed to do a free genealogy research task at least once per month in their local area as an act of kindness. While the volunteers of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) have agreed to donate their time for free, you MUST PAY the volunteer for his/her expenses in fulfilling your request (copies, printing fees, postage, film or video tape, parking fees, etc.) if they ask for it.
RAOGK is a global volunteer organization.  Our volunteers take time to do everything from looking up courthouse records to taking pictures of tombstones. All they ask in return is reimbursement for their expenses (never their time) and a thank you.
At one time there were thousands of volunteers in every U.S. state and many international locations, and helped thousands of researchers. We are trying to rebuild the RAOGK site. It will take a little more time to get it back to its former glory. So Please spread the word and volunteer to help others!"

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