1. Crowdsourcing
soldiers of WW1 in Estonia
Maive Mürk
30 May 2017, ICARUS meeting in Noora

2. Estonians in the First World War
100 000!?

3. 698 records (138 000 frames)

4. www.ra.ee/ilmasoda

5. e. g. What information can I find in a
medical certificate?

6. How should I enter the Cyrillic and Russian name Jоганнесь?
family name
first name
frame number(s)

7. correct/supplement data
see original document

9. After 2 ½ years - outcomes

197 volunteers have entered 155 000 names
from 649 records (~1200 names in a week)

50 000 entries have been checked (32%)

63 active voluntary citizens (entered at least
100 names)

95% of the users are Estonians

10. MOTIVATION
!!!
COOPERATION

11. ➢
answering the feedback, taking it into
consideration
Motivation and cooperation

12. 251 “family archive” entries

14. ➢ answering the feedback, taking it into
consideration
➢ keeping volunteers informed
➢ carrying out workshops and a conference,
giving thanks
Motivation and cooperation (2)

17. ➢ answering the feedback, taking it into
consideration
➢ keeping volunteers informed
➢ carrying out workshops in participating the
project, giving thanks
➢ ranking list of the volunteers
Motivation and cooperation (3)

19. ➢
answering the feedback, taking it into
consideration
➢
keeping volunteers informed
➢
carrying out workshops in participating the
project, giving thanks
➢
ranking list of the volunteers
➢
collaborating with lectures and students
Motivation and cooperation (4)

21. If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.

22. www.ra.ee/ilmasoda
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