lives of the first world war: creating a digital memorial - charlotte czyzyk
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Lives of the First World War
Creating a Digital Memorial
Charlotte Czyzyk
Public Engagement and Project ManagerLives of the First World War
- What is Lives of the First World War?
- How does it work?
- How do we build our audiences?
- What is the legacy of
Lives of the First World War?
Overview
What is Lives of the First World War?
Video: Lives of the First World War – an introduction
In 1917, many millions of
people were involved in what
we now call the First World
War. At this time the newly
formed Imperial War Museum
asked the British public to help
it to tell the story of the war.
The museum was not
created to celebrate
war, but to remember
the ‘toil and sacrifice’ of
millions of people.
But the scale of the
conflict meant that
not every story
could be told in a
single building.
Now in the digital age, IWM can build the
permanent digital memorial to all the
Lives of the First World War.
Partnership and Supporters
How does Lives of the First World War
work?
Genealogy & Record Sets
• Acquire, ingest, search, display,
connect
• Free records e.g. CWGC
• Premium records e.g. BMD,
census, military
Crowdsourcing Life Stories
• Clear source citation
• Improve & challenge
• Attribution
• Moderation policy
Boosted by social media
• Comments & discussion
• Contact other members
• Calls to action
• Engaging & respectful
How does Lives of the First World War
work?
Visitor
- Browse the website for free
Member (free account)
- Access over 7 million free records
- Connect evidence and add facts
Friend
(subscription: £6 per month, £50 per year)
- Same benefits as a Member
- 450 million Premium records
- Create Communities
- Discounts for bulk subscription purchases
We are creating a Life Story page for every man and woman
who made a contribution during the First World War, whether
they died during the war or survived the conflict.
Search for new evidence
View a transcript or scanned
image of a recordNarrow your
search results
Add more details to filter
your results
Extract from 1911 Census record
Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England.
Translation from Welsh, poem entitled ‘Rhyfel’
War Memorials Register reference 7028
• Created by Friends of Lives of the First World War
• Connect Life Stories together
• Examples: family, school, sport, workplace, location, military unit, memorial
COMMUNITIES
Teachers Hub – launched in June 2015
How do we build our audiences?
The Curious
User
The Seeker
The Explorer
The Expert User
Audience Groups
Public Engagement activities
Social media engagement
What is the legacy of
Lives of the First World War?
Whose Life Story will you discover?
Find family members, those who share
your name or people from your local area
Find people listed on local war memorials
Choose a name from the site to research
Thank you
Charlotte Czyzyk
Public Engagement and Project ManagerLives of the First World War