Volunteering
The Cobourg and District Historical Society Archives has a number of on-going projects that need volunteers. Shifts are on a drop-in basis during the opening hours. For more information email the archives or phone 905-377-0413.
Technical Projects
- Digitization Project
- Scanning images and photographs, resizing them, and posting them to an online database.
- Record Preservation
- Retyping and formatting the list of holdings.
Historical Projects
- Itemizing Materials
- Working with previously archived material and updating the records.
- Record preservation
- Storing and preserving archival material.
- Vital Statistics
- Transcribing birth, death, and marriage records.
- Land Registry Records
- Analysing and transcribing records from the Land Registry Office. **Training and consistent commitment will be required**
- Slides
- Reviewing slides and recording information.
General Projects
- Restriction List
- Examining records to create a definitive list of restrictions on materials.
- General Maintenance
- Performing duties necessary to the operation of the Archives such as dusting, vacuuming, sweeping.