Showing posts with label Genealogy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genealogy. Show all posts

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Lives of the First World War

My project Castleton Lanterns will be setting up a community for the Castleton Lanterns men on the Lives of the First World War project site.
(image © IWM Q 000743)
(image © IWM Q 000743)
The Lives of the First World War project will hold the stories of over 8 million men and women who served in uniform and worked on the home front across Britain and the Commonwealth.
It will bring together fascinating records from museums, libraries, archives and family collections across the world, so that everyone can help to discover, remember and share the life stories of those who were involved.
The IWM's innovative and interactive digital platform to mark the Centenary of the First World War will be officially launching in February 2014.
(image © IWM Q 001580)
(image © IWM Q 001580)
The project needs your help to explore the documents, to link them together to help preserve the incredible life stories for future generations.
Over the course of the centenary, Lives of the First World War will become a dynamic, permanent digital memorial - a significant digital legacy for future generations.
We'll be sharing information on the Castleton Lanterns men who we have identified such as Thomas Robinson (Right), Samuel McCall (Left) and James McCann.
We'll also be sharing the photos of men we need help to identify, along with information of those on the Roll of Honour for Castleton Church in the hope that you will be able to help identify them. We-are-the-voice-of
Click here to sign up to their mailing list to make sure you get the news first about how and when you can get involved.
In the meantime, please have a look through the images of our Castleton Lanterns men and see if you can identify any of the faces, or provide any information.  You can also look through the images on our Flickr channel or on Tumblrfollow me on Twitter or like the Castleton Lanterns page on Facebook.

Friday, 3 August 2012

A little bit about me

Hello :-)

In order to practice my blogging skills for work, I've decided to set up both a Blogger and a Wordpress blog.  My previous McGarvey Genealogy blog is now being migrated to my new Wordpress blog Northern Irish Ancestry which allows me to talk about more than just McGarvey's!  I hope to build the Wordpress site into a complete family tree for both my family and my husband's family.  With over 1000 members in our combined trees, this may take a while to complete.

I have also decided to keep this as a small personal blog which will allow me to rant from time to time, upload embarrassing photographs, express my opinions and generally drool over Jeremy Renner and Uma Thurman. 

I have pretty varied interests, and I usually find that I have something in common with most people.  
My interests are: Genealogy, Ancient History, Classics, Performing Arts, Science Fiction and Fantasy. 
I have a particular interest in the reception of Greek and Roman Mythology and how this is reflected in our culture.  I also have a passion for the history of my local area, Belfast and for the history of Belfast's people.

Please do leave me a comment.  It would be nice to know if there's anybody out there :-)

Thanks