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title: 'The Katrina PeopleFinder Project'
date: '2005-09-05T09:40:41-04:00'
permalink: /the-katrina-peoplefinder-project/
tags:
    - networks
    - politics
---

Via a listserv I’m in, information about the Katrina PeopleFinder Project:

> Donated money? Please donate a little time. Join the Katrina  
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> PeopleFinder Project.
> 
> It’s easy. All you need is an internet connection and the ability to  
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> copy data into a form.
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> [http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php/  
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> Help\_Needed#Katrina\_PeopleFinder\_Project](http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php/Help_Needed#Katrina_PeopleFinder_Project)
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> After Katrina many friends and family members have been separated and  
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> left with no clear way to find each other. Hundreds of internet web  
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> sites are gathering hundreds, and probably thousands, of entries about  
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> missing persons or persons who want to let others know they’re okay.
> 
> The problem is: the data on these sites has no particular form or  
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> structure. So it’s almost impossible for people to search or match  
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> things up. Plus there are dozens of sites – making it hard for a  
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> person seeking lost loved ones to search them all.
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> The Katrina PeopleFinder Project NEEDS YOUR HELP to enter data about  
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> missing and found people from various online sources. We’re requesting  
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> as little as an hour of your time. All you need to do is help read  
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> unstructured posts about missing or found persons, and then add the  
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> relevant data to a database through a simple online form.
> 
> To get started please click here:
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> [http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php/  
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> Help\_Needed#Katrina\_PeopleFinder\_Project](http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php/Help_Needed#Katrina_PeopleFinder_Project)
> 
> Questions? Email katrina-people (at) activist-tech.org
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> The Katrina PeopleFinder Team