Current Projects
Project 501
Reconcile "Insprationists' Arrivals" with AFT-Database
There are a few individuals who are listed in “Rehfuss, Inspirationists’ Arrivals 1828-1928” but are NOT mentioned in “Schuhmacher/Koch”. Find these people in the Arrival List and enter them into the website. Many of them can be found in S28 “List of the Members who left the EE Community of True Inspiration”.
Time:
30 hours
Skills:
English Print
Medium Research Skills
Status:
In Progress
Volunteers:
Anne, Jerry
Project 502
Enter list of members who left Ebenezer
Sources:
Rehfuss, Inspirationists' Arrivals
AFT-Database
Enter all individuals from S281 “Verzeichnis der von der Gemeinde der wahren Inspiration zu Eben Ezer N.Y. abgegangenen Glieder” into database
Time:
60 hours
Skills:
German Handwriting
Medium Research Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Project 503
Find and enter Iowa obituaries into database
We can find a lot of newer Amana related obituaries on different Iowa county websites of the IAGenWeb Project. Most of them are from about 2005 and later. Go through our database, find those obituaries and enter them.
Sources:
http://iagenweb.org/boards/iowa/obituaries/
Time:
60 hours
Skills:
English Print
Medium Research Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Project 504
Find original certificates
for birth, death and marriage, Europe
Find original certificates for birth, death and marriage in European databases
Sources:
Various databases in Europe
Time:
360 hours
Skills:
German Handwriting
High Research Skills
Status:
In Progress
Volunteers:
Cathy
Project 505
Find original certificates for birth, death and marriage, USA
Find original certificates for birth, death and marriage in US (and Canadian) databases
Sources:
Various databases in US and Canada
Time:
360 hours
Skills:
English Print
High Research Skills
Status:
In Progress
Volunteers:
Cathy
Project 506
Enter original certificates for birth, death and marriage
Enter original certificates for birth, death and marriage from Project 504 and 505 into AFT database
Sources:
Time:
540 hours
Skills:
German Handwriting
High Research Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Lothar
Project 507
Integrate AFT database with the Past Perfect System at AHS
This is a major project which would allow to store birth, death and other certificates and documents belonging to AFT individuals as jpgs in the AHS system
Sources:
Past Perfect-Database
AFT-Database
Time:
180 hours
Skills:
Database Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Rebecca (?)
Lothar
Project 508
Harness Hoehnle publications
The magister thesis, the dissertation and other publications of Peter Hoehnle contain a lot of biographical and important background information. Read the publications and enter relevant information into database.
Sources:
Publications of Peter Hoehnle
Time:
180 hours
Skills:
English Print
High Research Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Project 509
Reconcile Individuals buried in Amana Cemeteries with AFT database
There are more individuals buried in the Amana cemeteries than we have in our database. Go through the data on IAGenWeb and on the AHS site and compare with AFT-database. Research and enter missing individuals.
Sources:
AHS-Database
http://iagenweb.org/iowa/cem/
Time:
180 hours
Skills:
English Print
Medium Research Skills
Status:
Pending
Volunteers:
Project 501
Reconcile "Insprationists' Arrivals" with AFT-Database
There are a few individuals who are listed in “Rehfuss, Inspirationists’ Arrivals 1828-1928” but are NOT mentioned in “Schuhmacher/Koch”. Find these people in the Arrival List and enter them into the website. Many of them can be found in S28 “List of the Members who left the EE Community of True Inspiration”.
Sources:
Rehfuss, Inspirationists' Arrivals
AFT-Database
Time:
30 hours
Skills:
English Print
Medium Research Skills
Status:
In Progress
Volunteers:
Anne, Jerry
Project 501
Reconcile "Insprationists' Arrivals" with AFT-Database
There are a few individuals who are listed in “Rehfuss, Inspirationists’ Arrivals 1828-1928” but are NOT mentioned in “Schuhmacher/Koch”. Find these people in the Arrival List and enter them into the website. Many of them can be found in S28 “List of the Members who left the EE Community of True Inspiration”.
Sources:
Rehfuss, Inspirationists' Arrivals
AFT-Database
Time:
30 hours
Skills:
English Print
Medium Research Skills
Status:
In Progress
Volunteers:
Anne, Jerry
Project 501
Reconcile "Insprationists' Arrivals" with AFT-Database
There are a few individuals who are listed in “Rehfuss, Inspirationists’ Arrivals 1828-1928” but are NOT mentioned in “Schuhmacher/Koch”. Find these people in the Arrival List and enter them into the website. Many of them can be found in S28 “List of the Members who left the EE Community of True Inspiration”.