Findmypast.com Partnership Agreement for Public Comment

Since 2007, NARA has engaged in digitization partnerships to expand the online collections we can make available to the public. We are excited to announce that the partnership agreement with Findmypast.com is ready for public comment. Findmypast.com is a privately held UK-based online genealogy service owned by British company DC Thomson Family History. You can … Continue reading Findmypast.com Partnership Agreement for Public Comment

Thank You for Feedback on Renewal of the Ancestry.com Partnership Agreement

Recently on NARAtions we announced that the Ancestry partnership agreement was up for renewal and available for public comment until August 21, 2015. We received almost 70 responses (thank you!), from which a number of themes emerged.  Digitization Division director, Markus Most, previously addressed a few of these concerns as an update to that post. … Continue reading Thank You for Feedback on Renewal of the Ancestry.com Partnership Agreement

Ancestry.com Partnership Agreement for public comment

Today's post comes from Onaona Guay, digitization partnerships coordinator at the National Archives. Digitization partnerships present an opportunity for increased access to historical government information through the increased availability of information technology products and services. NARA has shown that partnerships with private, public, non-profit, educational, and Government institutions to digitize and make available holdings can … Continue reading Ancestry.com Partnership Agreement for public comment