GenWeb projects now exist for dozens of countries worldwide.
The purpose of each GenWeb Project is to create a global library for genealogy
research on the Internet. The CanadaGenWeb
Project was established in 1996. The goal was the collection and
distribution of genealogical data available online. Researchers in Canada are
very fortunate because there is an enormous amount of Canadian information
available on the Internet. The role of the Canada GenWeb Project is to assist
researchers in locating this information, as well as to add to the existing
online data. CanadaGenWeb is organized into regional GenWeb’s. The national
site is the gateway linking to each Canadian province and territory GenWeb.
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch International is the
largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use these
records, resources and services to learn more about their family history. To
help, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving and sharing
genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access
FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through more than
4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family
History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
FamilySearch has 6.875 billion historic records on microfilm
that are being digitized and eventually indexed. These records contain an
estimated 20.6 billion names. FamilySearch has over 200 digital record
preservation camera teams in 45 countries who produce more than 100 million new
digital images for free online publication each year. The FamilySearch Indexing
program is available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish with more language interfaces
and international projects coming.
