Name Extraction Project
Navy Officer & Enlisted Men that Died in World War 1
The US Government published the names of Navy personel that died during World War 1. For this project, volunteers look for the name of the individuals in FamilySearch to determine if there is a record for them. If not the individual is added to FamilySearch.
How does the program work?
The orginal book was scanned by the Family History Library and placed in the online archive. Volunteers have transcribed the summary information to a shared Google spreadsheet. Using this information volunteers can look in FamilySearch to see if the individual’s information has been entered. If not, the individual is add to FamilySearch. The result is updated on the spreadsheet.
One of the most interesting parts of the project is for you, the volunteer, to discover your relationship to the individual. If you are of European decent the chances are pretty good that you will find many relatives. You will also discover that most of the individuals have temple ordinances that need to be performed. If you feel the desire, you can also do additional research on members of the family and in the process add more names to FamilySearch.
What Volunteers Are Saying
Read about some special experiences volunteers have had participating in this program.
This project really helps me to gain more confidence in using Family Seach and adding individuals to the tree. It turns out that I am related to about 25% of them. I have a better appreciation for “cousins research.”
Jamon S.
It is a real blessing to me to be able to help these people. They gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives and now I can help them access the gifts of salvation through Temple covenants. I love working on this project.
Mary Lue B.
What I love most about the project is after I make some connections, I can look for other family members that can be added. One individual had over 40 names of siblings, neices and nephews that I was able to find and add.
Marla S.
Many of these individuals were the same age as me and a good number of them died from the Spanish Flu. Because that is similar to our Covid today, I feel a special connection to them.
