Volunteer

Help is needed to make this AZGenWeb project bigger and better.

Join Us

One thing AZGenWeb volunteers have in common is a desire share valuable genealogical and historical information with others. You can make one-time contribution, commit to short-term task(s), and/or take on a long-term role.

If you have the interest and time to help in any way, please volunteer. We welcome volunteers who monitor and report any typos or broken links. We welcome volunteers who donate family histories, document images, and/or photos for the state and/or county sites. We welcome volunteers who locate and/or transcribe data. We welcome volunteers who are available to provide basic assistance to researchers. We need you!

Become a Contributor. Contributors transcribe and submit information and data that can be published on one of the county websites. Contributions can be as simple as posting a surname you are researching or making a query. Contributors also share information by gathering information, such as tombstone readings, obituaries, sharing historic photographs and transcribing data that is then published on the county website.

Become a Lookup Volunteer. Lookup volunteers offer to do lookups via e-mail in genealogical resources that they own or have access to. Every county coordinator is searching for volunteers to help researchers with simple lookup requests. If you have access to cemetery records, county and town histories, marriage information, or any other genealogically useful data, then contact the appropriate county coordinator and tell him or her you'd like to be a lookup volunteer for their county website.

Become a County Coordinator (CC). CCs manage & maintain the county web sites. CCs come from different backgrounds. They are men and women from young to older and can live anywhere there is access to the internet. The only prerequisites are having a sincere interest in the genealogy of the county they coordinate and the ability to use HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to maintain a website. Learning website maintainence is easier than it may appear to be, and the AZGenWeb team is here to help.

AZGenWeb has several counties waiting for a volunteer to adopt them. They are identified as "Adoptable" in the table on our Counties page. All our counties have a website. As a County Coordinator, you can continue using the existing design, convert to a template provided at USGenWeb, convert to our AZGenWeb template (contact Norma), or create your own website design.

AZGenWeb is a part of the USGenWeb Project. Please review what The USGenWeb Project offers to volunteers in their Volunteer Information and if you are considering becoming a County Coordinator (CC), check out all their Website Support topics, including SC & CC Guidelines.

The USGenWeb Project logos are available at https://usgenweb.org/volunteers/logos.html

The USGenWeb Project copyright policy is at https://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html

Become a Co-Coordinator (Co-CC). If you have a sincere interest in the genealogy of an Arizona county, but website maintenance doesn't appeal to you, consider becoming a Co-CC. As Co-CC you would reply to email inquiries, monitor the website, and contribute content.

Expectations. CCs and Co-CCs will

Provide the State Coordinator with contact info (name, address, phone, email, emergency contact), and inform the State Coordinator of any changes to their contact information
Update your county's website with your name and email address within 7 days of county adoption (starting once server access codes are provided)
Be an active AZGenWeb team member by readily responding to Roll Calls
Provide friendly genealogical assistance to inquiries within 7 days
Maintain your county's website to be compliant with USGenWeb CC Guidelines, to eliminate broken links, and to display current year in the copyright statement
Improve your county's website at least annually with a piece of new info, image, or resource link

Please don't hesitate to participate. Every little bit you contribute will be appreciated. To volunteer, please contact the State Coordinator, an Assistant State Coordinator, or a specific CC.