Millions of documents containing details about victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II exist today. Through the World Memory Project <www.worldmemoryproject.org>, you can help make these victims' records searchable online and restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history, one person at a time.
Co-sponsored by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry, JGSCO is endorsing the World Memory Project and urging members to volunteer at least ten hours on indexing between now and June 1, 2012.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry have created the World Memory Project to allow anyone, anywhere to help build the largest free online resource for information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II.
This is a project in which you can participate simply by staying home and typing on your computer. Even a few minutes of your time can help families discover what happened to their loved ones and restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history. The project already has close to 2000 contributors (people such as you and me) who have entered data for more than 400,000. The end result will be an online searchable database of records that can help all of us locate information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Read through the descriptions and watch the video online. Then all you have to do is download a small piece of software and you're on your way.
If you have any questions or want to talk about how to go about doing this, feel free to contact local JGSCO member Barry Halpern at barry.halpern@gmail.com.
Millions of documents containing details about victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II exist today. Through the World Memory Project <www.worldmemoryproject.org>, you can help make these victims' records searchable online and restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history, one person at a time.
Co-sponsored by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry, JGSCO is endorsing the World Memory Project and urging members to volunteer at least ten hours on indexing between now and June 1, 2012.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry have created the World Memory Project to allow anyone, anywhere to help build the largest free online resource for information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II.
This is a project in which you can participate simply by staying home and typing on your computer. Even a few minutes of your time can help families discover what happened to their loved ones and restore the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history. The project already has close to 2000 contributors (people such as you and me) who have entered data for more than 400,000. The end result will be an online searchable database of records that can help all of us locate information about victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Read through the descriptions and watch the video online. Then all you have to do is download a small piece of software and you're on your way.
If you have any questions or want to talk about how to go about doing this, feel free to contact local JGSCO member Barry Halpern at barry.halpern@gmail.com.