{"id":559,"date":"2014-06-05T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2014-06-05T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:00:50","slug":"volunteering-for-genealogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering for Genealogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/060514_1700_Volunteerin1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>Today I received yet another helpful e-mail reminder about upcoming genealogy events in the Denver area. When viewing this message, I am reminded that volunteerism plays a huge role in the genealogy world. People step up to run local societies, transcribe records, and post information about genealogy online.\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I have done some genealogy volunteer work, mostly through the Colorado Genealogical Society:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I served on the Extractions Committee of that group to create a Bride&#8217;s index to Colorado marriages and a transcription of records of the Rogers Mortuary in Denver,\n<\/li>\n<li>I held the offices of Recording Secretary and Vice-President of the Society,\n<\/li>\n<li>I worked with a group from the National Genealogical Society to index the 1940 U.S. census, focusing on Minnesota records (I figured I could read all those Norwegian names).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In recent years I have stepped back from Society work. Attending Board meetings has become prohibitive because it requires a 45-minute drive through rush hour traffic and then paying to park. Instead, I now contribute money to the Society for acquiring materials for the Denver Public Library and the Denver branch of the National Archives.\n<\/p>\n<p>I could do more transcribing for Family Search. When my life with grandchildren settles down a bit, I probably will devote some time each week to transcribing a few records. After all, I know that the genealogy world runs because of volunteers.\n<\/p>\n<p>How are you helping?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I received yet another helpful e-mail reminder about upcoming genealogy events in the Denver area. When viewing this message, I am reminded that volunteerism plays a huge role in the genealogy world. People step up to run local societies, transcribe records, and post information about genealogy online. Over the years, I have done some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}