Community Volunteer Opportunities

You can provide service opportunities in a variety of ways. Some may take a few minutes and others a bit longer. Below are some genealogy related opportunities to provide service individually or as a group for your local area or for other parts of the world.

FamilySearch Volunteer Activities

Improve Records
Test Products
Grow the Family Tree
Provide Research Help
Translate Content

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FamilySearch Get Involved App

With the FamilySearch Get Involved app, you can edit records on the go.
This will help others find and connect with their family.

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BYU Record Linking Lab

Provides tools to help expand the base of people able to find their family on the Family Tree and reduce barriers to participating in family history work.

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Scouting

Scouting Genealogy Badge Support

Help Scouts explore their family history and earn genealogy-related badges. Volunteers can guide youth through research, storytelling, and documentation activities.

Scouting Genealogy Merit Badge – Learn the official requirements and resources from Scouting America
Girl Scouts My Family Story Badge – Explore the Brownie badge focused on family heritage and storytelling

Indexing and Transcribing

If you are looking for a place to start indexing or transcribing, here are some ideas:

BillionGraves Help record cemetery headstones before they are lost.
Find a Grave Help record headstones and biographical information.
By the People Help make Library of Congress collections searchable.
Citizen Archivist Help the National Archives digitize their documents.
Digital Volunteers Help make the Smithsonian collections searchable.
Check your local genealogical societies, historical societies, and libraries.