The Archives are housed by RootsWeb with unlimited space for data storage. Dr. Brian Leverich was one of the founders of the Archives and RootsWeb deserves financial support from all of us for their gracious, untiring, and patient support of the genealogical community. The USGenWeb Archives Digital Library was implemented in July 1996, and files are being added everyday. If you have transcriptions to contribute, please read the Guidelines for file contributions. The USGenWeb Tombstone Project was started by Pam Reid to encourage people to walk cemeteries and donate copies of the surveys to The USGenWeb Archives.
Many transcriptions are already available online and more are added daily.
The first file was uploaded in June 1996. File submitters are from all over the Internet, including genealogical societies, departments of the United States government, and local and county offices. People see the advantage of the Archives for researchers, and go out of their way to help. Rootsweb has provided free access to the USGenWeb Archives since 1996, and like our volunteers, is dedicated to free online genealogy.