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| Region | Area | Volunteer | Act of Kindness |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | |||
| West Africa | Lagos | Amara | Public Records lookups |
| ARGENTINA | |||
| Cordoba | ALL | German A. Roth | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying Church records, phone books, genealogical books |
| Santa Fe Province | Rosario | Sylvia Lahitte | Public Records lookups and copying |
| AUSTRIA | |||
| Austria | Austria | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| BELGIUM | |||
| East Flanders | ALL | Paul Blyweert | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Wallonie | Wallonie | Jean-Jacques Hallaux | Public Records lookups and copying Wallonie |
| BELIZE | |||
| Belize | Belize | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| BOTSWANA | |||
| Gaborone | Gaborone | William Hargraves | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying |
| BRAZIL | |||
| Paraná | Paraná | Mauro Fortes Carneiro | I can research British families only in Curitiba (State of Paraná, South of Brazil). From 1860 to 1890 many English families came to British colonies my state. I will try to answer any possible question but I am afraid I may not find other nationalities than British. |
| BRITISH ISLES | |||
| England and Wales | All | Carol Bissett | Public Records lookups and copying. BMD Certificates obtained. GRO reference appreciated but not compulsary. Please be aware that in the UK, the actual BMD registers are not available to the public, and that any information from them is obtained by the purchase of a certificate. |
| England, Scotland, Wales |
All | Richard Spencer | Approximately 8.4 million birth, christening & marriage records for counties
all over England, 1.2 million birth, christening & marriage records for counties all over Ireland, 2.5 million birth, christening & marriage records for counties all over Scotland & 0.2 million birth, christening & marriage records for Wales, also some Isle of Man records. The total number of records are approximately 10.4 million for births & christenings & 1.9 million for marriages from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. The records, both civil & church, are dated between 1530 & 1906 & it contains 7.3 million records previously unpublished & 5 million records previously published in the earlier first edition of the British Isles Vital Records Index |
| CHANNEL ISLANDS | |||
| Channel Islands | Jersey | Colin Wilton-Davies | Parish and Registrar's Records, Monumental Inscriptions, Places in Jersey (Includes Photos) |
| CHILE | |||
| Chile | Chile | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| CHINA | |||
| Shanghai | Same | Julie Fox | I recently came across a 1939 Shanghai Telephone Directory and Buyer's Guide. Due to the large number of British residents who lived in Shanghai at that time, I thought I might be able to do look ups. |
| DENMARK | |||
| Denmark | Fyn (Funnen) | Bill Petersen | Searching records for all areas in Denmark, when available. |
| Holbaek | Holbaek | Aurelia Clemons | Public Records lookups and copying. Have large collection of personally extracted Holbaek, Denmark probate records (early to abt 1850). For list of records go to www.ida.net/users/really . Search request must include name, dates, residence & family if possible |
| ETHIOPIA | |||
| Ethiopia | Ethiopia | There is no volunteer at this stage. Please drop by again | |
| FINLAND | |||
| Southeast Finland | Hamina, Virolahti, Miehikkala, Ylamaa | Hannu Purola | Public Records lookups and copying Still photos of tombstones |
| FRANCE | |||
| Alpes-Maritines | Vence | Christina Snell | Photos and look-ups within the Alpes-Maritine area.....this area covers Nice, Grasse, Cannes and surrounding villages. |
| Alsace | Haut Rhin | Angela Robinson | Look-ups of public records. |
| Auvergne, Champagne | Aurillac, Saint-Flour, Bisseuil | Nancy Bonnefond | Public Records lookups and copying For the Auvergne region lookups and copying with just copying and postal charges, for Bisseuil and towns and cities surrounding. Photos of certificates can be sent through email with no cost. |
| Côte d'Or | Dijon | David Vaughn | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones, Videotaping Cemeteries Photography, some translation of French documents or research on French language sites |
| Isere | Grenoble | Tom Shiple | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones I operate within a 25
km radius of Grenoble. I have limited experience in looking up public records, but am willing to try. |
| Moselle | Rohrbach-les-Bitche and surrounding towns | Brenda Barley-Kay | I had the book "Le Livre des Familles de Rohrbach-les-Bitche (1661-1901)" sent to me from France, and I am willing to do lookups. There are 3,461 family groups arranged by surname, which were compiled by using parish and civil registers and records located in the departmental archives. Dates and locations of birth, marriage, and deaths are given, and occasionally a note (in French) is included. Although this book documents the genealogy of the families of Rohrbach, some of the individuals were born, married or died in surrounding towns, such as Bining, Etting, Achen, Rimling, Hottviller, Sarreguemines, Singling, Bettviller, etc. Searches will be the most successful if additional family names are provided (siblings, parents, maiden names, spouses) as well as an approximate date. I only speak English. |
| Paris | Paris and 60 kms around Paris North | Catherine Clausse | Area of Paris - Picardie -departments 75,95 & 60 Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying Research of census, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates under 100 years (without death that everybody can have at any without restriction) |
| Seine | Paris | Corine Pons | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Claire Nurcombe | Still photos of tombstones, any cemeteries within a 25km radius of Toulouse. Translating French documents. Transcribing French documents. |
| GHANA | |||
| Ghana | All | Sammy Osabutey Lomo-Tettey | Videotaping Cemeteries and Still photos of tombstones. |
| INDIA | |||
| Nagpur | Nagpur - Central India | Harshawardhan Nimkhedkar | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying depends upon nature of work. Please check a map of the area before contacting me - I can only assist in Nagpur which is in Central India. |
| ISRAEL | |||
| Center | Tel-Aviv, Petah-Yikva, Ramla | Limor Shenhar | Public Records lookups and copying Still photos of tombstones in Holon, Tel-Aviv,
Petah-Tikva. Translation from Spanish/Hebrew/English into any of those languages (maximum 20 lines) |
| Center of the country | Tel Aviv, Raanana, Kfar Saba, Petach Tikva, Rishon, Ramat Gan | Daniel Horowitz | Public Records lookups and
copying Still photos and videotaping tombstones in the center of the country (Tel Aviv, Yafo, Holon, Raanana, Kfar Saba, Petach Tikva, Rishon, Ramat Gan, Hertzliya, Netanya, Hadera), able to help locating graves and relatives. I also volunteer to translate from/into Spanish (maximum 30 lines) |
| Central Israel | Netania | Sam Lenger | Still photos of tombstones In Netania we have two cemeteries: a civil one and a
military one. I also volunteer to translate from/into Portuguese either into/from English or Hebrew (maximum 20 lines) |
| General | General | Israel Pickholtz | Still photos of Jerusalem tombstones. Inquiries about grave locations in other cemeteries. |
| Israel | ALL | Chaim Emmett | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Israel | Jerusalem | Leah Aharoni | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Israel | Israel | Sherry Kisos | Public Records lookups and copying I can do research at the Holocaust Memorial in Givatayim and look up phone numbers in Israel, |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Dov Biran | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Negev | Beer Sheva, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv | Martha Levinson Lev-Zion | Yad Vashem, Israeli Censuses, Hagana, Army and the like. |
| Sharon, Mishor Hachof | Netanya, Zichron Yaaqov | Arnon Hershkovitz | Will take picutres of
graves in Netanya cemeteries (old and new, able to help with locating the graves). Zichron Yaaqov (not able to help with locating the exact place of the grave). Will help in locating graves in Tel Aviv area, and will do my best for locating graves all over the country. |
| ITALY | |||
| Province of Frosinone | Sora | Ann Tatangelo | Public Records lookups and copying I will answer general questions related to Italian research. |
| JAPAN | |||
| Western Japan | Osaka | S. McIntire Allen | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying. Please let me know the name and location of the cemetery and I will let you know if I can do it. |
| LUXEMBURG | |||
| Luxemburg | Luxemburg | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| MEXICO | |||
| Mexico | Mexico | There is no volunteer available at this stage. | |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | |||
| Curaçao | Curaçao | C. Monsanto | Lookups at the National Archive Curaçao |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | |||
| Antrim & Londonderry | Antrim & Londonderry | Lori Campbell | Lookups from book Irish Emigration Lists 1833-1839 by Brian Mitchell. Names of emigrants from Antrim & Londonderry with ages, townlands, religions, and destinations. This book is non-circulating at libraries and Salt Lake LDS does not lend it out either, so I purchased my own copy. |
| County Antrim | Union of Ballymena | Anne Shier Klintworth | Look ups in the Griffith's Valuation for the Union of Ballymena, County Antrim. If you know the Parish, that would be helpful. |
| Dromara | Dromore County Down | Ella Patterson | Help with townland locations, tombstone inscriptions in the Dromore/Dromara areas. Also lookups of births and marriages for Dromara Presbyterian Church 1820-1890 |
| Londonderry | Londonderry | Paul Pearce-Smith | Look-ups and copying of look-ups in the Londonderry (City) and Coleraine
Registrar's Offices for marriages only from 1845 to 1921, if recorded. Please note that Catholic marriages were only recorded from 1864, and that these Offices do NOT hold Birth and Death Records. I may be prepared to look further afield within the County of Londonderry, but please appreciate that it can take some considerable time. |
| Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Nigel Irwin | Still photos of tombstones |
| Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Irene Holland | Public Records lookups and copying |
| NORWAY | |||
| All | All | N. B. Macdonald | *Some translation Norwegian-English. *Look-ups in the Digital Archives requiring knowledge of naming traditions, spelling changes and the Norwegian language. 1801, 1865 and 1900 census online. |
| Hedmark | Ringsaker | Ann Kristin Elvsveen | Still photos of tombstones. Church records and search in the state archive in Hamar |
| Nordland | Bodin, Sorfold, Nordfold, and Kjerringoy | Heidi Girton | Family lookups in Bodin area Bygdeboks, Beiarn Slektsbok, and Sorfold, Nordfold,
and Kjerringoy Slektsboks. For Bodin and Beiarn books, I need to know the farm name. |
| Norway | South Norway | Terry Sundby Hopkin | Translate docs, go look at places. Direct to correct Norwegian Group etc. |
| Norway | Norway | Tore Svenning | Public Records lookups and copying A very large amount of information from censuses and parish records, as well as other sources, are available online from Norwegian
institutions. While these are available to everyone, they often require knowledge of the Norwegian language, local customs, and the like. I should be happy to look up information for those whose command of the Norwegian language is less than needed for such exercises. |
| Sogn og Fjordane | Gulen, Kommune, Eivindvik parish | Taryn Flolid | Lookups in 3 volume 1996 books: Gulen i Gammal og Ny Tid (bygdeboker) farm and family histories. Organized by farm names and list people living on those farms since abt. the 1600's. Will also search online Norway censuses and digital archives. |
| PARAGUAY | |||
| Asuncion | Asuncion | Martin Romano Garcia | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstone Cementerio de Extranjeros Cementerio de Recoleta Cementerio del Sur Cementerio del Este Cementerio de Luque Cementerio de San Lorenzo |
| PHILIPPINES | |||
| Philippines | Philippines | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| POLAND | |||
| Silesian Voivodship / Wojewodztwo slaskie | Upper Silesia, Katowice area | Grzegorz Mueller | Still photos of tombstones, I also would like to help fellow researchers to find names and places and anything I can do to help |
| PORTUGAL | |||
| Azores | Ponta Delgada | Ana Maria Albuquerque Taveira | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying http://www.geocities.com/cu2bd/index.html |
| Azores | All Islands | Cheri Mello | Will do translations only birth, marriage, and death info into English. Sorry, I am not a researcher for hire and cannot look up your family for you. |
| Portugal | Portugal | Lia Mata | "Translations of documents from Portuguese to English Only". I can't do look-ups because I no longer live in Portugal but I would still love to help fellow researchers. I understand that most times it's really hard to understand records in a foreign language or due to handwriting,etc. I'm offering my help on that part. |
| PUERTO RICO | |||
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| RUSSIA | |||
| Russia, USSR, Russian Empire, Ukraine, Byelorussia | Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev | Kirill Chashchin | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying historical library lookups, historical reference books lookups, names lookups, can do archive lookups too. |
| SERBIA | |||
| Serbia | Serbia | Danica Radisic-Visnjic | Videotaping Cemeteries and Public Records lookups, copying phone calls, etc |
| SINGAPORE | |||
| Singapore | Singapore | Lawrence Chin | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| SLOVENIA | |||
| Slovenia | Slovenia | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |||
| Bellville | Cape Town | Hannelie Barkhuizen | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Eastern Cape/Western Cape/North West Province | Grahamstown | Chrizanne Bekker | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| KwaZulu-Natal | Durban or Pietermaritzburg | Stan Hart | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Western Cape | Cape Town | Elmien Wood | Public Records lookups and copying. Advice on how to locate someone in South Africa. Copy death notices in Cape Town. Photocopies are not allowed. |
| SPAIN | |||
| Andalucia | Malaga | Russell Vaughan | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones Could Visit Gibraltar on a quarterly basis |
| Canary Islands | Gran Canaria and other islands | Jenni Hymoff | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying. Any help I can give, I will do my best. I am willing to discuss each task with the requester and agree on the way to carry it out. |
| SWITZERLAND | |||
| Switzerland | Switzerland | |
There is no volunteer available at this stage. |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | |||
| Dubai | Dubai | Lynda Beacon | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones Will try to help with any information I can |
| YUGOSLAVIA | |||
| Serbia | ALL | Danica Radisic-Visnjic | Videotaping Cemeteries and Public Records lookups, copying phone calls, etc |
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