Every month I write a local heritage-themed column, on behalf of The Treasury, for the
Grahamstown Gazette. Here's my piece for the March edition.
From The Treasury:
This month is set to be a busy one for The Treasury. We’re
celebrating Thames Heritage Festival with the return of our popular The Way We
Were lunchtime lecture series, guided walking tours of Shortland and the
Kauaeranga Valley, a film festival at Embassy Cinema and a late-night workshop
for budding genealogists. Phew! There are more details about all of these
events on our pages on Facebook and Eventfinder.
We’re also playing host to another important visitor
this month - He Pou Aroha Community Cenotaph, a
portable digitisation kiosk connecting us to Auckland Museum’s Online Cenotaph.
If your ancestors served in World War I, you may already be aware that the
Online Cenotaph is a veritable goldmine of information on New Zealand soldiers.
The kiosk is part of Auckland Museum’s initiative to
encourage the public to add more information about their military ancestors.
The Cenotaph database holds extensive records of all New Zealand soldiers who
fought in World War I, and will eventually extend to soldiers who fought in
other conflicts. Our kiosk lets you to search the Online Cenotaph, lay a
virtual poppy against a specific person’s name and add your own information to
the database. You can also use its object photo booth to digitise your family's
war-related items, such as medals, diaries, and letters. The digitised objects
are immediately uploaded to your service person’s Online Cenotaph record,
creating a valuable and comprehensive resource for future researchers and
family historians.
You can access
the kiosk for free at The Treasury until March 22nd.
Comments
Post a Comment