If you own or have easy access to genealogical materials, you may want to consider volunteering to do lookups in those particular resources. Lookup requests would be forwarded to your e-mail and you would respond by e-mail. To become a Lookup Volunteer, contact the County Coordinator for the county involved. You will find their contact information on their county site. You may also contact the State Coordinator.

A contributor simply shares genealogical or historical information that he has collected. This could save a lot of time for another researcher, or, at the very least, point him in the right direction to find what he needs. To contribute information, contact the County Coordinator for the county involved. You may also contact the State Coordinator.

Many OHGenWeb sites are in need of people to help transcribe census records, older research materials - a variety of items. Requirements are a good eye, a steady typing hand and lots of patience. Some knowledge of HTML is helpful, but is not always necessary. To volunteer, contact the State Coordinator.

County Coordinators are the people that make OHGenWeb work. They are volunteer hosts that are responsible for the county websites. They provide basic assistance to visitors, locate and transcribe data and format information provided by visitors. Age is no object — OHGenWeb has CC's as young as their 20's and as old as their 70's.

The main requirement is a sincere interest in a particular county.

It is nice to have basic knowledge of HTML and FTP to maintain the website, but don't let that scare you off, we have volunteer Webmasters that will help you add things to your County and can help you learn the basics if you like.

Learning a bit of HTML is not difficult — we have had CC's start off with virtually no knowledge of HTML and they have blossomed into excellent webmasters. It's not that difficult to learn. If you'd like to check it out, an excellent tutorial is at HTML Goodies. It not only covers basic HTML but can also guide you through Style Sheets and more advanced languages. And you will always have the help of all of the other OHGenWeb CC's — we're just an e-mail away.

To volunteer as a County Coordinator, check our County List to see if your county is available. If it's not or if you want to ease into it, there's always the possiblity of starting as an Assistant County Coordinator. Contact your State Coordinator to find out more about County Coordinators.

Some Counties projects are managed by a team, one person to find material and communicate with visitors, and another person to manage the technical side. Many times we find ourselves with coordinators who are great at finding material but have no experience with managing the HTML on their sites.

We need folks with website experience or who are willing to learn to manage sites. This is an excellent opportunity for students and recent graduates who need experience. As a webmaster, you would be entrusted with sensitive information so must agree to abide by specific rules.