Thank Alexander - that's a very special link Marcella FINDLAY Shames On Mar 8, 2014, at 7:09 AM, Alexander Bisset <ambisset@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I thought you might like to know that at the Who Do You Think You Are Live 2014, the Imperial War Museum announced that they have created a new project to fulfil thier founding aim of telling the story of all 8 million UK & Commonwealth Lives of the First World War. Using modern technology they have been able to create an innovative platform where they plan to enable users to help piece together the stories of the people who fought and served as well as those on the home front. They are looking for people with an interest in family history to help build these stories by contributing digital copies of material from their own families and areas of interest. You will be able to use the platform to communicate with others who have an interest and who share a community interest with your family.Did your relative play football with others in the area? Did he work at the same place as others in the area? Is he commemorated on your local war memorial? By building up a picture of e! ac! > h individual and by linking in other resources like war diaries, local newspaper articles, family mementos etc the site aims to create a permanent digital memorial to all 8 million individuals. > You can view the video of the project to see how it works and how you will be able to build a picture of your ancestors here : http://vimeo.com/iwm/lives > The site launches in May however they are asking those with an interest in family history to register an interest now to get a preview of the site before launch and an opportunity to help improve the site before launch. You can register your interest at http://www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ > You may wish to spread the news to other family history researchers you know who might like to get involved in the project particularly anyone who is interested in the history of their local war memorials. > Regards,Alexander > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message