Heritage Heroes is a website that allows people who want to volunteer but can't get to one of the local centres to still be able to contribute to the digitization of Shropshires past. There are some great projects to get involved with on the website and there should be something that matches your interest.
The sections of the website that we particularly want to draw to your attention are the variety of WW1 based projects that you can contribute to on the site particularly the Wellington Journal where volunteers are asked to index personal names within the paper from August 1914-December 1914. You are only asked to do a page at a time so the work isn't too laborious but really makes a difference and will help people be able to search for their WW1 ancestors much quicker in the future. More months of the war time Journal will be uploaded to coincide with 100 years anniversaries as we head towards 2018. There are also more WW1 field diaries ready to transcribe once the current ones are completed.
However little you can do it will be very much appreciated not just by the staff but customers who will use the local archives or museums in the near future so it is really worth volunteering at Heritage Heroes.
However little you can do it will be very much appreciated not just by the staff but customers who will use the local archives or museums in the near future so it is really worth volunteering at Heritage Heroes.
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