About Volunteer Virtually with HistoryForge!

Looking for something history-related to online? HistoryForge combines historic maps and photos with census records of the people who lived in Ithaca, creating a unique way to visualize the history of Ithaca in the early 1900s.

Experienced HistoryForge volunteers are continuing to digitize census records from the 20th century for the HistoryForge database. We're hoping to start the 1950 census very soon! Local volunteers have transcribed four complete censuses, 1900-1940. You can search them at the HistoryForge website now!

We are looking for additional volunteers to help us work on entering records from the 1950 US Census for Ithaca, and getting started on 1900 records for the Town of Caroline. We will be setting up virtual training sessions to train people on how to input records from home. Individuals, classrooms, or groups interested in this project should contact HistoryForge Project Coordinator Eve Snyder at [email protected].