War Memorials on the Londonderry, NH town common
Please join me in the Honor Roll Project. Volunteers are taking photos of war memorials
and honor rolls, posting them on their blogs and websites, and transcribing the
names of all the people listed. These
transcriptions make the names available for search engines, and the names will
be available for people searching for family, ancestors and friends.
I started this project in 2010 with the photos of the
Londonderry Civil War monument, and then followed with the other war monuments
on the town common, Derry’s MacGregor Park and other local honor rolls. Other bloggers and photographers were invited
to participate. The email and comments I
have read are truly inspiring, and it makes it well worth the effort to
transcribe names when you read how family members found their fathers and
grandfathers online, or how families searching their family trees find
ancestors who served in the Civil War or World War I.
" Thank you! Aina Bernier- daughter of Ernest Albert Bernier, Jr." 27 Jan 2011
If you would like to participate this year, I will be
posting a compilation post of all the participating bloggers on Memorial Day,
and I will also make those posts permanently available on the page link “HonorRoll Project” above at the top of my blog home page (scroll up to the top ofthis page to see the link). Every May I
publicize the project for Memorial Day, and again every November for Veteran’s
/ Armistice Day. Eventually I would
like to see project evolve into its own website.
To participate, leave me a comment below or an email at vrojomit@gmail.com All you need to do is photograph a local
honor roll or war monument, and transcribe the names. If you have a blog, post the story, photos
and transcriptions and send me the permanent link for the Honor Roll
Project. If you don’t have a blog, I can
post the photo and names for you and add it to the Honor Roll Project, giving
you full credit for the photography and transcription.
This is a simple way of saying “Thank You” to all the
veterans in our communities.
The Honor Roll Project Page (see the page link at the top of this blog)
War Memorials at MacGregor Park in Derry, New Hampshire
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Hey, Heather! I've been behind on my reading and was told about your project. Quite awesome! I've done some memorial transcriptions in the past on my blog and you've motivated me to check the local installations and grab theirs as well. I'll grab the links later and send them to you here or on FB
ReplyDeleteThanks Cheryl, your links are up on the Honor Roll page, and will be on tomorrow's post!
DeleteThis is really a worthy project. I hope to remember to do it next year. Right now, I am jam-packed with preparing the archives for a number of interrelated families . . . for July. Aaargh.
ReplyDeleteMariann, I repeat this plea and post a new list every Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. So you have two times a year to help out!
DeleteHeather,
ReplyDeleteI want to let you know that your blog post is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/05/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-may-24-2013.html
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for a lovely idea. All the photos with the exception of the last illusttration were taken by me. I hope to add more detailed information when I get a chance. Here you go!
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Thanks so much! I've added it to the permanent page, and tomorrow I'll publish a blog post with all the new contributions!
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