New Projects! New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools, 1817-1833 and Gateshead, Durham, England, Roll of Honour, 1914-1920
The New South Wales Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools is a relatively small project and includes information relating to the applications and admissions of the girls and boys (at the time of the records we are keying there were two schools, one for the boys and one for the girls) admitted to the school between 1817 and 1833. The Orphan Schools were set up by the government to house orphaned children. It is both intriguing and sad to read the letters detailing the reasons why these children had been left on their own. For assistance in keying this project you can refer to the Help Article, message board, and project page.
The Gateshead, Durham, England, Roll of Honour, 1914-1920 is also a relatively small project. It is so much fun to look through these photos of World War I veterans, and figuring out the ranks can also be a fun challenge. To help you in keying this project y0u can refer to the Help article, message board, and project page.
Happy keying!
Hi Anna
Great to see the Gateshead Roll of Honour project – I have many relatives in that area from around the WW1 time and wonder if any of them feature.
Just a couple of observations from keying the first few images:-
a) the images are very light and whilst you can darken them using the Image Options tool, you can’t key whilst the tool is open. For future, can this be recified so that you can key whilst the Image Options tool is open, or can the images be made darker/more contrast centrally so they are easier to read?
b) common abrviations are not listed in the drop down for Rank e.g. Sergt, A B (Able Seaman), and
MM is not included in the Suffix list (Military Medal). Can these be included in future?
Hope this helps – Looking forward to keying these records
Bob