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Sourcery’s Google Play App is LIVE!

By Amanda Breeden | July 22, 2026

Hello Sourcery users, watchers, and extraordinaires:  Sourcery now has a live Google Play app! Download it today at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sourceryapp.sourcerycompanion.   Use this companion app to…  Please note that the Google Play app is intended to be used in conjunction with the…

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Sourcery @ SHEAR

By Amanda Breeden | July 22, 2026

Sourcery has been very busy this year traveling to various historian and archivist conferences to spread the word about how we can help folks conducting archival research. This past weekend we were at the Society for Historians of the Early…

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Sourcery for Genealogists

By Amanda Breeden | July 2, 2026

Genealogical research is very rewarding but can be challenging to collect your sources. Meet Sourcery, your new favorite tool to retrieve your hard-to-access documents and uncover your family’s history!  Sourcery can help you with multiple steps in your genealogical research: …

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Mid-Year Check In

By Amanda Breeden | June 18, 2026

We’ve been busy at Sourcery this year making changes and planning for future Sourcery upgrades!   This past Monday, the Sourcery team had our second all-hands meeting of the year to discuss important changes and updates headed your way. Sourcery is…

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Anatomy of a Request

By Amanda Breeden | June 3, 2026

If you’re prepping for summer research and in need of remote archival materials, submitting a Sourcery request is a great way to get your hands on them! Submitting a request might seem daunting at first, but we’ve prepared this simple…

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Creating Scans for Sourcery: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Amanda Breeden | May 19, 2026

Use this quick reference guide to help you create scans for fulfilling Sourcery requests! See “More Resources” for a more detailed guide as well as links to other Sourcerer resources.  First, a refresher on “reference quality:”  Remember that Sourcery is…

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Schedule a one-on-one with a Sourcery team member

By Amanda Breeden | May 12, 2026

Are you wondering how Sourcery can be of use to you? Want to learn more about becoming a Sourcerer and getting paid to fulfill requests? Schedule a 1:1 meeting with a member of the Sourcery team to ask your burning…

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Become a Sourcerer!

By Amanda Breeden | May 5, 2026

Signing up to be a Sourcerer is an easy and intuitive process, but what does being a Sourcerer actually entail? Read on for a detailed description of the duties, responsibilities, and required skills associated with being a Sourcerer. Responsibilities Requirements…

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Sourcery @ OAH: Everything you need to get started as a Sourcerer

By Amanda Breeden | April 21, 2026

Sourcery spent this past weekend in Philadelphia at the Organization of American Historians annual conference and answered many questions about getting started as a Sourcerer. So, we created this short guide to help recent conference attendees and new Sourcerers get…

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