Monday, August 8, 2011

Genealogy Grants


Archives.com is giving away a $1,000 grant to a paid subscriber to help fund a research project.  According to the announcement, Archives.com is looking for any project that "contributes to the promotion and advancement of family history research and preservation.”  


This could include document preservation, promoting historical events, taking time off of work to help with record transcription, or any other number or genealogical causes.  If you're working on a project and don't quite have the necessary funds to finish it, consider applying for the grant, you just never know what such a bold move can bring in return, but it might me your best idea made available to the world.