For some reason these didn't go through. This is Email #1 and Email #2 Hi all, Have you heard of the Korean War Project? I read about this on the Genealogue blog and I thought it might be something genealogists in our online community might like to participate in. The Korean War Project has information on Korean War MIA, KIA, and WIA. Due to changing times, the remains of many of these soldiers have now been located and turned over to the US. Here's the problem: Current family members are needed to do DNA testing to prove identity. On the website, http://www.koreanwar.org/html/finding_the_families.html, there is a database of soldiers who remains must be confirmed but family hasn't been found. Your skills as a genealogist can come in mighty handy here! They need people who can take a soldier's name and locality, search through records, and try to find information on family. THEY ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH THAT FAMILY. Your job is to find possible leads. Genealogists do this everyday while searching the census, then obituaries and telephone directories. The database is searchable by name. You can also pick individuals by locality or branch of service. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HERE'S WHERE YOU COME IN: I have contacted the Korean War Project coordinator. Islandroutes.com is adopting the soldiers from the state of Hawaii. There are 45 soldiers who they know died in Korea. But, they can't find their families. If they locate the families they can do DNA tests and see if they match to the returned remains. I am asking for volunteers who have access to Hawaiian records who can research forawrd rather than backwards. I will post all the names and data to a message board. Volunteers will work through each person to see if we can take the family from the 1930 census to current times. It's not as easy working forward, but I think if several of us pool our efforts we can at least identify a few of these soldiers. Findings by each researcher will be posted to the message board. Then when we have a link to a current family member it will be fowarded on to the project coordinator. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO RESEARCH? If so, please contact me at islandrou... <http://groups.google.com/groups/unlock?msg=89f12cafd95710e0&_done=/group/IslandRoutes/browse_thread/thread/b24b89039b37b4bb>@islandroutes.com I did a couple of 1930 census searches last night. I was able to find most of the soldiers fairly easily. The challenge will be searching for the siblings and finding out what happened to their lines. Thanks for considering this offer, Mel Site Manager, www.islandroutes.com <http://www.islandroutes.com> Volunteer, GenealogyForum.org ====== Email #2 More details: Okay, folks! GenealogyForum.org is allowing us to use their message board for the project. Anyone who would like to do a little research please go to: http://z9.invisionfree.com/GenealogyForum/index.php?act=idx You will need to be a registered member to post (registration is free) You will find the project at the bottom of the message board under: Korean War MIA Project There is a folder for Hawaii. In that folder are individual entries for each soldier. Your job (if you so chose) is to try to find that person and their kin in the census, obituaries, and other records so we can find living relatives. If you do find something (or even don't), post to that person's entry so that all the research can be seen for that person. The next person that tries can see what you've done. If you need help getting into the boards, let me know as I'm the message board administrator at GF.org. As a side note... I was looking over the list for Oakland and much to my surprise I found Jerry Ursini Jr who married the daughter of one of my grandfather's cousins! Hope the family responds to my email. That would be one guy resolved. Thanks for any help folks would like to offer! Take care Mel -- Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage, www.islandroutes.com Genealogy Chats and Resources, www.genealogyforum.org Living with Chronic Disease, www.chroniclife.com In Search of the Human Spirit, www.insearchofthehumanspirit.blogspot.com