New on SackettFamily.info

The Sackett Family Association website has been updated with the following:

• New member 425 Donald "Scott" Lee
• Revised 412 Beverly Rayburn
• Added to Notables Rear Admiral Earl LeRoy Sackett (1897–1970) was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in the Second World War as commander of the USS Canopus in the Philippines.
• Added to Notables Colonel William Sackett (1838–1864) fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Trevilian Station.
• United States Civil War, register of deaths of volunteers 1861–1865 (25)
• Ontario, Canada, deaths (27)
• New Hampshire births (7)
• New Hampshire deaths (7)
• New Hampshire marriages (7)
• US, World War I draft registration cards 1917–1918 (109)
• Canada: Soldiers of the First World War, Attestation Papers (2)

Transcriptions of the World War I draft registration cards are being made by members of the Sackett Family Association. The project started 25 Nov 2013, and the total number of Sackett records to be transcribed is about 660.

World War 1 Transcription Project

Members of the Sackett Family Association are working on a project to transcribe the US World War 1 Draft Registration Cards for the 600+ Sacketts who were registered for the draft.

The project was launched 25 November 2013. Records transcribed so far are at US, World War I draft registration cards 1917–1918.

Progress chart updated 26 July 2014 (project completed).

State	Hits	Transcriber	Done	Date/Comments
Arkansas	4	Ted Smith	4	28 Nov 2013
California	44	Deb Curry	44	16 Dec 2013
Colorado	9	Liesa Robarge	9	28 Dec 2013
Connecticut	16	Anne Murray	16	4 Dec 2013
Delaware	3	Ted Smith	3	28 Nov 2013
Florida	3	Liesa Robarge	3	2 Dec 2013
Idaho	9	Deb Curry	9	1 Jan 2014
Illinois	42	Glenna Hertzler	42	29 Nov 2013 – 13 Jan 2014
Indiana	16	Derek Grubbs	16	27 Nov 2013
Iowa	26	Deb Curry	26	19 Mar 2014
Kansas	12	Jean Carpenter	12	3 Dec 2013 (+ 4 Hoards)
Kentucky	1	Chris Sackett	1	15 Dec 2013
Maryland	1	Chris Sackett	1	15 Dec 2013
Massachusetts	22	Deb Curry	22	28 Nov 2013
Michigan	57	Terri Carlson (A–L) Darlene Sackett (M–Z)	37 20	27 Dec 2013 15 Feb 2014
Minnesota	36	Darlene Sackett	36	27 Nov 2013
Missouri	17	Chris Sackett	17	26 Jul 2014
Montana	10	Deb Curry	10	1 Jan 2014
Nebraska	11	Debbie Barbee	8 3	FamSearch, 30 Nov 2013 Ancestry, 1 Dec 2013
Nevada	1	Chris Sackett	1	15 Dec 2013
New Jersey	7	Deb Curry	7	1 Jan 2014
New Mexico	4	Deb Curry	4	1 Jan 2014
New York	120	Deb Curry (A–L) Darlene Sackett (M–Z)	91 29	5–6 Dec 2013 8–16 Dec 2013
North Dakota	5	Chris Sackett	5	26 Jul 2014
Ohio	35	Barbara Barbarow	35	11 Dec 2013
Oklahoma	14	Glenna Hertzler	14	26 & 29 Nov 2013
Oregon	7	Darlene Sackett	7	3 Dec 2013
Pennsylvania	49	Chris Sackett	49	4 Dec 2013
Rhode Island	5	Chris Sackett	5	15 Dec 2013
South Dakota	4	Chris Sackett	4	26 Jul 2014
Tennessee	1	Chris Sackett	1	15 Dec 2013
Texas	12	Jean Carpenter	12	26 Mar 2014
Utah	12	Deb Curry	12	1 Jan 2014
Virginia	2	Jean Carpenter	2	19 Dec 2013
Washington State	15	Deb Curry	15	2 Jan 2014
West Virginia	3	Deb Curry	3	1 Jan 2014
Wisconsin	18	Patty Chrisman	18	9 Dec 2013
Wyoming	10	Chris Sackett	10	26 Jul 2014
TOTALS	663		663

Florence Marr died in a German internment camp

As we remember the fallen of the World Wars and other conflicts, Association member Charlotte Wruck sends a most unusual death certificate: that of Florence (Barnes) Marr, wife of Sackett descendant Sidney Marr. The cause of death, recorded on a further document, was "cerebrale apoplexie". Sidney and Florence were living in Guernsey at the time of the German invasion and subsequent occupation of the island during the Second World War. They were among a large number of English-born islanders deported to Germany on Hitler's orders in reprisal for various British actions elsewhere.

Sidney was eventually released and, after the war, married Violet Burge, also an internee at Biberach Camp and a friend of Florence's.