2013 Veteran’s Day Military Honor Roll Project Contributions

The Londonderry, New Hampshire Common has War memorials and honor rolls for the
Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam

The Honor Roll project collects transcriptions of the names of the veterans on military honor rolls seen in parks, schools, public buildings, books and other places all over the USA and abroad.  You can read the complete list at this link:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-project.html

Or you can see them at this Pinterest board

http://www.pinterest.com/geneabloggers/military-honor-rolls/

Twice a year, for Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day, genealogy bloggers photograph and transcribe these honor rolls, and publish them on the internet.   The act of transcribing these names makes them available to be found by search engines such as Google, Mocavo and others.  Family members searching for genealogical or military information on relatives, ancestors or friends will be able to see the honor rolls, read the names, and learn about their family’s military history.

It is a simple, easy project.  However, it brings unexpected joy to searchers who did not know their ancestors were in the military, or did not know the specific military history, or sometimes they did not even know the town where their ancestors lived.  Seeing their family member’s name on an honor roll can be the beginning of finding more genealogy data, military records and historical information.

Here are this year’s contributions:

Bill West, from “West in New England”

The Abington, Massachusetts World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam Honor Rolls

http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-military-honor-roll-project.html

Carol Bowen Stevens, from “Reflections from the Fence”

The Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan World War I Honor Roll

http://reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2013/11/remembering-court-house-lawn-memorial.html

  

Sara Campbell from “Remembering Those who came before us”

Cooperstown, New York, World War I Honor Roll

http://rememberingancestors.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-memorial-in-cooperstown.html

Pam Seavey Schaffner

Cincinnati, Ohio US Marine Corps Memorial

http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2013/11/honor-roll-project-us-marine-corps.html

Wendy Grant Walter
Harwich, Massachusetts World War I and World War II Memorial
http://www.fromatozophar.com/2013/11/harwich-ma-world-war-i-world-war-ii.html

John Tew
Wallingford, Connecticut Civil War Honor Roll
http://filiopietismprism.blogspot.com/2013/11/military-honor-roll-project-november-10.html
Wallingford, Connecticut World War I Honor Roll
http://filiopietismprism.blogspot.com/2013/11/military-monday-veterans-day-november.html

Elyse Doerflinger
Lomita, California Veteran's Memorial
http://elysesgenealogyblog.com/honoring-lomita-veterans/

Steve Dow
Newington, New Hampshire's War Memorials
World War II and Korea
http://www.cwcanneycamp5.org/1/post/2013/11/newington-new-hampshires-memorials.html
Wars from 1745 to 1918
http://www.cwcanneycamp5.org/1/post/2013/11/newington-new-hampshires-war-memorial.html

Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Nashua, New Hampshire, World War II Honor Roll and other War memorials
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/11/railroad-square-nashua-new-hampshire.html

from Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com/
The Troy, New York World War II casualties
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/WWII_Soldiers/WWII-Soldiers_Introduction-Index.htm

Sent to me Kelly Reeve Griffith “The People in the Pencil Box” Blog http://kelzagenie.blogspot.com/

 Illinois State Archives 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/honorroll.html

(searchable database contains “the locations of the burial  places of soldiers, sailors, marines and army nurses from any of the wars of the United States and are buried in Illinois”)

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More Veteran’s Day events online

Did you know....?

The military records website Fold3.com has an honor roll this week to honor your ancestors who were veterans in every US conflict.  You can participate by adding photos, stories and information to the veterans on their list.  Click here:

http://www.fold3.com/wall/?hootPostID=440cbc7845db43d6fd2cd4e3d0011257

The crowdsourcing gravestone photography website BillionGraves.com is rewarding the participants who upload the most photos from a military cemetery this weekend.  The prizes will $25 Amazon gift cards to the top three people. Click here for details:

http://blog.billiongraves.com/2013/11/veterans-day-giveaway/

Ancestry.co.UK (United Kingdom) is providing free access to 3.6 million military records until November 12th.  To search click at www.ancestry.co.uk/start_military

The Canadian version of Ancestry.ca will also offer free access to military records until November 12^th.

Check out the Pinterest Board hosted by Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers “Our Gratitude Shall not Sleep- Military Ancestors” at this link:  

http://www.pinterest.com/geneabloggers/our-gratitude-shall-not-sleep-military-ancestors/

At the time I’m writing this, there are 77 pins with photos of military veterans, mostly ancestors.

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