MyHeritage Translator Community

 Earn free upgrades and use your skills to make the search better for everyone.

https://translations.myheritage.com/ 

This is your chance to help make family history accessible to all people, across all languages, around the world. By joining the MyHeritage Translator Community, you can make a difference,
just like our hundreds of other volunteer translators already do.

As a member of our Translator Community, you enjoy great perks: 

• Free upgrades and extensions to MyHeritage subscription plans
• Access to exclusive virtual events and webinars
• Early access to new features
• Special seasonal gifts
• “Power User” icon on your MyHeritage profile
• You will be featured on our blog and in the “Our translators” section of this site
• The appreciation of thousands of users who benefit from translation to their language

Transcribe Library of Congress Documents

This is a great way to be immersed in history, at your own pace.  Help transcribe Library of Congress documents. Volunteers create and review transcriptions to improve search, access, and discovery of these pages from history.

https://crowd.loc.gov/ 

Translation

 FamilySearch.org needs help with translation services of historic documents.

Translate written content for the FamilySearch website from English into another language.

Volunteer remotely, at your own pace.

 

https://www.familysearch.org/en/info/volunteer-translation 

Transcribing Historic Handwriting

 The Smithsonian has volunteers to transcribe historic writing. Join them or ask for help with your search. https://transcription.si.edu/historic-handwriting

Citizen Archivist

From NARA: We're excited that you are going to help tag and transcribe records in the National Archives Catalog. Every contribution will help make these records more searchable and discoverable in our Catalog.  

https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions/work-from-home 

FamilySearch YouTube Channel

 FamilySearch is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to helping you discover and preserve meaningful family connections—past and present. In this video, learn more about who we are, what we stand for, and how we help unite families across generations.

https://www.youtube.com/c/familysearch/

As you dig deeper into your own history, this channel can help you to get beyond road blocks. It is a great resource. 

Facial Recognition Tech

New technology is at work to gain a better understanding of history. The article explores the face of Ann Boleyn in art.

Boleyn became Henry VIII's second wife in 1533, but her reign was short-lived: approximately three years. She was accused of adultery, incest and treason and was executed.

All the painted portraits that exist of her were made after her lifetime, creating a mystery around what she actually looked like and making her appearance the subject of fascination and debate for centuries.

The research team, led by the University of Bradford, says the new discovery is "exciting" and the methodology could be replicated to do more art detective work. But there is scepticism from within the art history community over the findings.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9pz53e891o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us