Have you ever wished you had access to books and newspapers that are unavailable at your local library? Have you been stymied in your efforts to access a digital resource because it is no longer produced? You probably wish someone nice would be able to find your family in one of those resources. Do such people exist?
Fortunately, they do. As early as 1999, sites started up on the Web that allowed people to identify information they could access and searchers could contact them for help. Usually, all that was then required was for the searcher to pay the finder a minimal fee (for postage, mileage and copy costs). These types of sites are sometimes classified as "Genealogy Co-Ops." Some examples include:
CyndisList.com
GenealogyWise.com
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (went offline in 2011)
Twitter
Use these sites to work together to find information that otherwise might be unreachable for you or others. Happy hunting!
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