15th-century parish registers, transcribed at 99% accuracy.
A productised knowledge operating model for global genealogical publishing. Restoration of religious archives, precise transcription of handwritten baptism, marriage and burial registers, and high-accuracy indexing — extending family-history research back to the 1400s.
Millions of records published online at 99% accuracy. Family lineages now traceable back 500 years.
- 99%
- Transcription accuracy
- 500+ yrs
- Of family-history coverage
- Millions
- Of records published online
Challenge
A leading UK-based genealogy publisher needed to extract vital records from centuries-old church registers to power their online family-history platform. Official census records only go back to 1837; parish registers are the only way to trace lineages to the 1400s. Age-old handwriting styles in baptism, marriage and burial registers demanded specialist interpretation, and massive volumes of fragile images had to be processed well ahead of strict online publishing dates.
Approach
SBL Infotech’s DAMS platform delivers archival transcription at genealogy scale: deep-history guidelines maintain cultural and religious context, a dedicated transcription team trained in archaic English parish scripts performs high-precision extraction, and a query-raising system proactively identifies and fixes discrepancies. Structured, web-ready data flows directly into the client’s publishing pipeline.
Outcome
What was once locked in aging paper registers is now a vibrant, searchable online resource that lets people trace family trees back over 500 years. Proactive R&D recovers data from severely faded or damaged images; secure workflows protect vital historical data from mishandling or manipulation.
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