July 14, 2012 HCGS - Finding WW II Casualties

    The  Honolulu County Genealogical Society met Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 9 am at the Manoa Gardens Housing community room.     Anita Manning, a member of the Honolulu Elks' Club, gave a lecture on how she researched WWII soldiers (members of the Elks Club) who were killed during the war.  She explained her methodology which we can all use in our genealogy research, including time lines. Time lines can be helpful to understand what could have happened around the time a person disappears from the records.  What battles took place? 
   She referenced certain web sites that are useful when researching Civil War, Vietnam War and other eras besides WWII.  

Anita Manning

Below are some of the websites Anita recommended for doing WWII casualty research:
US Navy http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dates.htm  and   http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html
The History Place:  http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
Nationwide Gravesite Locator – Veteran’s Administration http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
WWII Casualty Lists:  http://www.dvrbs.com/ccwd-WW2/WW2-CasualtyLists.htm
Air Force:  http://www.8thairforce.com/
Merchant Marines: http://www.usmm.org/ww2.html
Allied POWS Under the Japanese - Center for Research:  http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html
Prisoners of War  The Defense Prisoner of War / Missing Personnel Office (DPMO):  http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/
World War II Registry   http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=search
The Navy Log - National Registry of Sea Service  search by name or duty station  http://www.navylog.org/
British Army, RAF and Navy Records  http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/jewish/service/ww2.htm
Refreshements for this meeting were brought by Linda DuBee - she made a special bread pudding and added strawberries.












After the meeting those that wanted to go to the Wailoi Tea Room for lunch enjoyed good food and a tropical ambiance.