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Lives of the Great War: Building First World War life stories across archives through crowdsourcing Giv Parvaneh (@givp) Technical Architect, First World War Centenary Luke Smith (@Luke_F_Smith) Digital Lead, First World War Centenary Imperial War Museums

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Page 1: Lives of the Great War: Building First World War life stories across archives through crowdsourcing

Lives of the Great War: Building First World War life stories across archives through crowdsourcing

Giv Parvaneh (@givp)

Technical Architect, First World War Centenary

Luke Smith (@Luke_F_Smith)

Digital Lead, First World War Centenary

Imperial War Museums

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Free to accessFree to access

Held by IWMHeld by IWM

Chargeable access

Chargeable access

1911 Census Ireland(TNA Ireland)

Census forms from all Irish residents in 1911

1911 Census Ireland(TNA Ireland)

Census forms from all Irish residents in 1911

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The ‘Bond of Sacrifice” • Archive of over 16,000 photographs

• Collected by IWM between 1917 and 1920

• All of the photos tell a story

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Lieutenant Archie Dunlap LemonLieutenant Archie Dunlap Lemon

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Thank you…now join us at:

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www.facebook.com/FirstWorldWarCentenary

@IWM_Centenary

Giv Parvaneh (@givp)

Technical Architect, First World War Centenary

Luke Smith (@Luke_F_Smith)

Digital Lead, First World War Centenary