Got this off the Rootsweb mailing list, thought some of you might be
interested in both the giving and receiving end of this organization--hope
you'll join, Karen
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RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS (RAOGK).
http://raogk.rootsweb.com/
RAOGK is a grassroots movement that consists of volunteers who
agree that once per month they will do local legwork (such as
take a photo of a tombstone at a specified location or obtain a
record from the local county courthouse) for one person who
requests a specific favor in their locality. In return, in
addition to reimbursing the RAOGK volunteer for costs such as
videotape, photocopies, or postage, RAOGK asks that the person
who received the benefit of the favor in turn volunteer to
perform a similar act of genealogical kindness for someone who
needs a favor in the locality where s/he resides.
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness was started by researchers
at one small Web site, but it has grown rapidly into an
international movement. Read all about it and sign up as a
volunteer if you can at
http://raogk.rootsweb.com/