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Monday, May 27, 2019

Memorial Day 2019 Honor Roll Contributions

World War II Honor Roll, Gaylordsville, Connecticut by Patti Crispo


The Honor Roll Project collects transcriptions and photographs of military monuments with the names of military veterans from parks, schools, civic buildings, books and other places all over the USA and abroad.  You can see the complete list of Honor Roll contributions to this project at this link: The Honor Roll Project  https://honorrollproject.weebly.com/

Twice a year, for Memorial Day and for Veterans 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, Bing, Yahoo and others.  Family members searching online 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.

From the thousands of names transcribed by Jenny Hawran , and the thousands of names transcribed by Schalene Dagutis over many months this winter, to the tiny little memorial in Gosport, Indiana by Diana Anderson, all are important honor rolls for their communities.  Today we have contributions from three countries- USA, Canada and the United Kingdom.  All are important finds for anyone searching for ancestors online.

It is a simple project, and 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 volunteer contributions.   Please thank them for their hard work by leaving comments on their individual blog posts.


Connecticut

Norwalk, World War I (part 6) by Christine McCloud

Windsor, WWII Casualties by Jenny Hawran

Windsor, WWI by Jenny Hawran

Windsor, National Service at Grace Church by Jenny Hawran

Massachusetts

Deerfield, The Deerfield Academy WWII by Sara Campbell

Heath, Veterans Memorials (Revolutionary War, 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Veterans serving between conflicts)  by Sara Campbell
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, WWII, by Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Winchester, WWI, by Karen Ramon

New Hampshire

Portsmouth, World War I, by June Stearns Butka



Baldwin, WWI, WWI, Korea, Vietnam, by Anna Matthews

Baldwin, WWII, by Anna Matthews

Bethpage, WWI, Vietnam, by Anna Matthews
https://trippingovermyroots.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-honor-roll-project-bethpage-ny.html  

Blenheim, Revolution, War of 1812, Muster Roll after 1812, Military Roll 1853, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Military Service after WWII, Korea, Military Service after Korea, Vietnam, by Schalene Dagutis
https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/05/honor-roll-blenheim-new-york.html   

East Rockaway,WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf, and Sept. 11th, by Anna Matthews

Freeport, Civil War, Spanish American, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, by Anna Matthews
https://trippingovermyroots.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-honor-roll-project-freeport-ny.html  

Fulton, Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American, WWI, WWII, Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq, Others, by Schalene Dagutis
https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/05/honor-roll-fulton-new-york.html   

Lynbrook, WWII, Korea, Vietnam by Anna Matthews

Malverne, all wars and September 11th, by Anna Matthews

Richmond Hill, WWI, by Anna Matthews

Vermont
Addison, Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, Navy Service
https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2019/05/honor-roll-addison-vermont-4970-vt.html   

Wisconsin
Kenosha, Simmons Library, WW1, by Jean Larew Hoffman
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/06/world-war-i-honor-roll-from-simmons.html 


Canada

Quebec
North Hatley, WWI, WWII, Korea, by Anna Matthews

United Kingdom

WWI, and other military service from Manchester UK by Marian Burk Wood


Please consider volunteering to help The Honor Roll Project.  Just photograph an honor roll, transcribe the names, and post these on your blog.  Send me a comment below, or an email at vrojomit@gmail.com   I will add your contribution to The Honor Roll Project website at any time of the year.  

Thanks!

The Honor Roll Project   http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/   



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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Memorial Day 2019 Honor Roll Contributions", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 27, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/05/memorial-day-2019-honor-roll.html: accessed [access date]). 

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