NORTHEAST OHIO COMPUTER-AIDED
GENEALOGY
society The NEOCAG < QUARTERLY > Vol. 11 No. 3, July 1, 2006 compiled by Luther Olson A Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists
NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided
Genealogy
[NEOCAG] serves Eastern Cuyahoga, Lake,
Geauga, Ashtabula,
Portage & Summit Counties. Regular meetings 2nd Saturday of each month St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church 435 S.O.M. Road, Mayfield Village, OH. Jerry Kliot--President Marcy Milota--Editor IN THIS ISSUE: > News And Views - A New Era > Is Your
Genealogy Database Insane? > Reinstall XP
Without Losing Any Software Or Settings > New Progeny
Genealogy Web Site > Recording
relationships that are uncertain > Records of
Patriotic Heroes And Their Family History Records > Civil War
Records Online > National
Archives to Preserve Valuable Digital Data Collections
> News And
Views--A New Era With this
writing I know my term
of office is nearly expired. Much has been accomplished in our 10
years
as an organization. During this past term I have been blessed to
work
with a wonderful Council, and a large organization of very helpful
people.
Without everyone’s contributions there is no way I could have handled
this
giant operation with so much being offered so often to so many.
To try to
name everyone who has been instrumental in making this group work will
undoubtedly leave people off, as I know there are things being done for
us of
which I am barely aware. So, to everyone, thank you!!! We have had some
interesting
programs with a good variety, ably arranged by the committee lead by
Sharon
Morgan. Many good presentations have been given by our willing
and able
members. We had a great anniversary party arranged under the
leadership
of Luther Olson. We have gone, and plan to go again, to the
Captains
baseball game with tailgate party, again arranged by Luther. Our
publications have imparted a variety of computer and genealogy
information to
us all, thanks to Russ Cooper and Luther Olson. During this term
we have repaired
a projector, bought a new projector, gone wireless, and provided
equipment
support for each group for each meeting, thanks to Bill Haagen, Norm
Henke, and
their committees and Jerry Kliot. Our web site has grown
and
blossomed thanks to Jerry. Our list, also hosted by Jerry, has
served as
a voice for members with questions or problems and for those who share
helpful
hints and sales to us all. Our logo has been updated thanks to
Jan
Shergalis and several others. Refreshments have been available
with
sincere thanks to all who have baked and bought goodies, all under the
able
leadership of Marilyn and Sheldon Baskin. Donations continue to equal
our
expenses, for which we are all grateful. Greeting of visitors and
new
members has been very important and will expand, with thanks to all who
help
with this. Advertising has been done with the help of many, under
the
leadership of Judy Rocker. We have
participated in the
leadership of the Tri-C-GO workshop and Cleveland District Round Table
each
year. We have provided a computer and set-up expertise to Morley
Library. We have provided special novice one-on one assistance,
thanks to
Paul Studly. We thank all the officers and Council attendees who
so ably
supported our mission, even while I was absent. So, as we say
goodby to our
cofounder, Russ Cooper who has migrated to New York, we thank our other
cofounder, Don Karr for making a beautiful gavel to pass on to the new
president and his slate of officers. We look forward to the next
two
years under the leadership of Jerry Kliot. Vice President Marilyn
Williams,
Secretary Chuck Green, and new Treasurer, Don Sheppard will support
Jerry and
you in providing all that NEOCAG has become. As anyone can
see, so much is
happening all the time, I could not keep up with it. A huge thank
you to
those who help, those who present, those who attend, and those who
support from
afar. As I become more
active with the
Red Cross I may be less available (as already experienced), but I will
be there
as your Past President when I can, joining you in supporting our new
officers. Genially, Cynthia
Turk--Immediate past
President-elect Addendum We now have a
new page in our
NorthEast Ohio Computer Aided Genealogy (NEOCAG) Society’s web
site at
<http://neocag.net> that contains a list of links for NE Ohio
Genealogy
research. The contents are especially good for Cuyahoga County,
but there
are also many things for Ashtabula, Summit, Medina, Geauga, Lake,
Lorain and
Trumbull Counties. Check it out.
For those who are doing Canadian research, the 1851 census images are
now
available on their National Archives site at
<http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/index e.html>.
It
is not yet indexed but hopefully will be soon. Remember how
quickly
Ancestry picked up on the 1911 and got it indexed?
SiteFinder Online is a newly free online version of GoldBug’s
SiteFinder.
It will locate schools, churches, cemeteries, etc. and then allow them
to be
plotted onto Google maps.
http://www.goldbug.com/map/sitefinder.html
Several states are in the process of posting vital record data and
images to
the internet. Examples are: West Virginia
births, marriages
and deaths 1792 1955
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
Arizona deaths 1878 1855 http://genealogy.az.gov
Missouri deaths 1910 1955 plus some pre 1910
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx
All three are works in progress and do not completely cover these dates
yet. Watch for others in the future.
Two nice offerings come from Gary Silverstein. The first is
Microsoft’s
Windows Live Local at <http://local.live.com>.
This site is still in a beta test version. It is an answer to
Google
Earth mapping that seems to have promise. It is reported that the
maps
are clearer, better resolution and closer views. It is currently
not as
easy to use the locators, but perhaps it will improve. Cutting
edge news!
The second item is a replacement for <AnyBirthday.com> which is
“off the
air.” Http://BirthDatabase.com gives full birth dates, city and
zip code
for over a million individuals in the USA. Information is from
public
records, generally includes people of driving age, and is not always
accurate,
but quite close. This was a blessing and is much faster than the
old
AnyBirthday. Cynthia
Cynthia's
articles above again
demonstrate her vast knowledge of genealogy information, and remind us
of the
excellent job she has done as president during the past term. Her
efforts,
determination, and intellect have been appreciated by all, especially
when one
considers she has spent much of the past year from Texas to New England
to the
west side of Cuyahoga County in her capacity as a Red Cross volunteer
who has
been in the middle of our recent natural disasters. And she is still
fully
involved, most recently with our local floods just last week. To say we
will
miss her leadership (and her infectious sense of humor) goes without
saying. LO ========================================================= The following article was
sent from
our new president, Jerry Kliot. It is one of four from Dick Eastman's
now daily
newsletter, and is especially pleasing because I have felt that in
recent
months, (since he has gone commercial), his daily articles have lacked
interest
and relevance. You may have noticed that recent issues of this
newsletter have
included few of his contributions compared to years past. Jerry is
correct in
suggesting this article since we have said little since our inception
about
accurate information in our databases. Perhaps this might be a topic
for one of
our future sessions. LO > Is Your Genealogy
Database Insane? I get to see a lot of
genealogy
databases and a lot of online genealogy information. Almost all of the
data I
see has errors. Luckily, many of these errors are easy to find with
just a bit
of electronic assistance from your computer. I am not talking about
subtle errors
that require extensive genealogy research to resolve. Instead, I am
referring
to obvious errors. They can be called "crazy errors:" claims of
mothers giving birth at the age of three, men fathering children at the
age of
85, children being born before their parents, and other such "facts"
that defy logic. Not all of these errors
are caused by
sloppy genealogy research. They can be simple typo errors. For
instance, I
suffer from a disease that I call "dyslexia of the keyboard." While I
know how to spell most English words and almost always know the correct
dates
when I am entering data into my favorite genealogy program, what
appears on my
computer screen often has two or more keystrokes reversed! The most
used key on
my keyboard is BACKSPACE! Yes, I have created silly errors in my
genealogy
database in times past, and I am a bit embarrassed at how long it took
me to
discover and correct those errors. Looking at other genealogy
databases, it
looks like I have plenty of company! Most of these errors can
be
identified within a very few minutes. The only complexity involved in
checking
your data is the number of facts involved. If you have 1,000 people in
your database,
then you probably have at least 10,000 facts. Today I will tell you how
to
quickly identify the more flagrant errors. You do not need to
manually look
through your database of 10,000 or more facts in search of each and
every
error. Most of today's genealogy programs will do that for you. Most
programs
have a "sanity check" or some similarly-named "search for
obvious errors" function that will find the more flagrant problems in
your
data. In a quick perusal of several of today's leading genealogy
programs, I
found the following: Ancestral
Quest This program has a
"Possible
Problems" report that allows you to discover certain data problems,
such
as a death date prior to a birth date, or a birth date after parents
were too
old or had died. An options screen is available to select a sort order
of RIN
or Alpha, a range of records to print, and parameters to define ranges
for
specific problems. Ancestral Quest's Possible Problems options are
somewhat
more limited than other programs, however. Family
Tree Maker Family Tree Maker
contains a
"Data Errors" report that is somewhat similar to the other programs
listed here. It will scan the database looking for birth dates when the
mother
was under 13 years of age, when a child's birth date is after a
parent's death
date, when death is at age 120 or older, and similar errors. However,
Family
Tree Maker's report is a bit simplistic. Unlike most other programs,
Family
Tree Maker does not allow the user to adjust the parameters. Instead,
the user
is forced to accept the numbers as determined by the programmers. I was
unable
to lower the date of death to 100 years as I like to do on the various
sanity
reports in other programs. To produce the "Data
Errors" report in Family Tree Maker, click on "View," click on
"Reports," and then click on "Data Errors." GenSmarts While I do not think of
GenSmarts as
a "normal" genealogy program, it does have an excellent "jury"
algorithm to estimate any missing birth, marriage, or death events in
your
genealogy database. GenSmarts is a program that specializes in logical
data,
offering advice of "where to look next." In effect, GenSmarts
estimates all dates and then compares the dates reported within a
database
against those estimates. It looks for such items as a mother between
the ages
of 15 and 60 at birth of child, a father between the ages of 15 and 70
at birth
of child, a spouse no more than 60 years of age different from their
spouse,
and similar situations. It reports any data outside of the estimates. For more information
about GenSmarts,
a "different" genealogy program, read my earlier review at
http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/12/gensmarts_a_gen.html.
Also note the comments of several GenSmarts users at the end of that
article. Gramps
(for Linux) Gramps contains a "Verify
the
Database" report that will search for non-logical "facts." It
will search for listings of mothers giving birth at the age of three,
men
fathering children at the age of 85, children being born before their
parents,
and other misinformation. To run the Verify the Database report, select
"Tools," then select "Utilities" and then select
"Verify the Database." Legacy Legacy from Millennia
Corporation
contains a Potential Problems report. Its defaults are to search for
all
entries in a Legacy database where either parent was 13 years old or
younger at
the birth of a child, where the age of the mother at a birth was 50
years of
age or older, where the age at death was 120 years or older, and other
such
questionable facts. Legacy allows the user to change those parameters.
For
instance, in French-Canadian genealogy it is not rare to have
13-year-old
mothers. Anyone with French-Canadian ancestry might want to decrease
the age a
bit in Legacy's Potential Problems report. Likewise, I would be tempted
to
reduce the age at death to 100 years as very few of my own ancestors
lived
anywhere near that age. Once a reported problem has been researched and
found
valid, the record can be marked in Legacy so that it is excluded from
future
reports. This can be a big help where you have very young brides in the
family
tree. If you use Legacy, load
your database
in the normal manner, click on "Reports," click on "All
Reports," and then click on "Potential Problems." Adjust the age
parameters as desired and then run the report. I would suggest clicking
on
"Preview" in order to first read the report on-screen before wasting
a lot of paper. RootsMagic RootsMagic contains a
Problem List
that is similar to the ones supplied by other programs. It can also
look for
such information as the date of a child's birth reported as after the
mother's
date of death and other non-logical dates. Again, almost all dates can
be
adjusted as desired. If you use RootsMagic,
load your
database in the normal manner, click on "Reports," click on "Lists,"
then click on "Problem List." Adjust the age parameters as desired
and then run the report. I would suggest selecting the report to be
sent to
"screen/printer" in order to first read the report on-screen before
wasting a lot of paper. The
Master
Genealogist The Master Genealogist
(TMG) has by
far the most complete, and also the most complex, of any of the sanity
checker
reports available today. TMG's Audit Report can scan all or part of a
database,
looking for user-selectable conditions. The total items that can be
searched
fill eight tabs in the "Reports Option" screen. For assistance in
running this extensive report, click on TMG's "Help" and then search
for information on "Audit Report." In short, the program you
use today
may already have the tools required to identify probable typo errors
and even
many research errors. If your present program does not have such a
tool, or if
its problem detection capabilities are a bit underpowered, remember
that you
can download the free version of Legacy Family Tree from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com. You can export your database from your
present
program in a GEDCOM file, then import that file into Legacy. Once that
is done,
you can run Legacy's Potential Problems report to identify the possibly
inaccurate data. Once completed, you can use your normal genealogy
program to
correct the errors. You only need to use Legacy for a few minutes. Before you embarrass
yourself by
publishing erroneous data or by sharing it with others, I would
strongly
suggest that you run a "sanity check" on your database. You will be
glad that you did. This
article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright
2006 by
Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the
author.
Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. I can vouch for
the value of the
information in the following article from a recent Langa newsletter. A
few
months ago Margaret insisted that I get a laptop for use at our gen.
meetings
so I wouldn't have to carry my very heavy desktop computer. While I
loved my
new machine, it was frustrating because I could not get the wireless
internet
connection to work. Jerry spent a whole evening working on it, Russ
spent most
of an afternoon, and I had worked for hours on the phone with the
company
troubleshooters - all to no avail. As a last
resort, I decided to get
out the repair CD that came with the computer. I had no data to lose,
and
little software installed, so I didn't have worry about backups. I
clicked on
"repair" and in a few moments had a major learning experience. The CD
was still in the middle of the repair process when the wireless
connection came
on by itself and began downloading my home screen. When the repair was
complete
the computer was working perfectly, and I was astonished to know that
the
Windows installation at the factory can be bad. Read on, dear friends.
LO
>
Reinstall XP
Without Losing Any Software Or Settings This technique lets you
completely
and nondestructively rebuild, repair or refresh an existing XP
installation
while leaving already-installed software alone (no re-installation
needed!). It
leaves user accounts, names, and passwords untouched; and also takes
only a
fraction of the time a full, from-scratch reinstall does. And unlike a
traditional full reinstall, this option doesn't leave you with two
copies of XP
on your hard drive; or delete an exiting copy. Instead, you end up with
just
your original installation,
but repaired,
refreshed, and ready to go. It's XP's most powerful
rebuild/repair option; and yet Microsoft chose to hide it behind
seeming dead
ends, red herrings, and a recycled interface that makes it hard to find
and (at
first) somewhat confusing to use. Go figure. We've saved this
technique for last
in our discussion of the various XP repair/rebuild options because the
fixes
we've previously discussed are like first aid--- the things you try
first. For
instance, see this discussion on removing limitations on XP's Recovery
Console
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187000225>, turning it into a
more complete repair tool; or this
discussion on the Recovery Console's little known boot data "Rebuild"
command <http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=185301251> that can cure many
boot-related problems. (There's
also lots more on the Recovery Console here: http://tinyurl.com/p7fnr ) But when the Recovery
Console
techniques don't work and you're facing the prospect of a total
reformat/reinstall, STOP! Try this no-reformat reinstall technique, and
you
just may get your XP setup running in a fraction of the time and with a
fraction of the hassle of a grand mal wipe-and-restore. You'll find complete,
step-by-step
instructions with abundant screen shots waiting for you here: <http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400897> With this information,
you should
almost never have to face a dreaded start-over, from-scratch
reformat/reinstall
of XP!
With permission from: The
LangaList
SPECIAL EXPANDED ISSUE Standard Edition
2006-06-22
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GEDmark ** Just as
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stamp of
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when
data is incorporated into other family files or online databases, the
author
information goes with it. By
running your
GEDCOM file through GEDmark, you are able to place author information
on each
individual in that file. This insures that no matter how many times
your GEDCOM
file is split, imported, exported or submitted, your authorship of the
research
is protected. From Progeny
Genealogy at new
site: <http://www.progenygenealogy.com/gedmark.html> June 14,
2006
Though this
article was written
with Legacy in mind, the principle applies at all software and is an
important
concept for us to keep in mind. A word of warning, if you are
interested in the
topic, you must carefully read every line. Skip a few lines and you
will miss
his line of thought. It's too bad more software companies don't publish
topics
like this. LO >
Recording
relationships that are uncertain Most of
us run
into the situation where we locate a person who we think might be
related to
the family, but we're not certain. For
example, Asa
and Elizabeth (Reynolds) BROWN had at least four children: __________
BROWN,
born abt 1815 Nathan
R. BROWN,
born abt 1817 in Pennsylvania __________
BROWN,
born abt 1819 Lorenzo
D. BROWN,
born 9 Jul 1822 in Tionesta, Venango County, Pennsylvania The
identities of
children 1 and 3 are still not proven, but I think child 3 might be: Griffin
BROWN,
born 13 Apr 1818 in Pennsylvania. He lived in Venango and Warren
Counties. Add
these unknown
relationships to Legacy Even
though I
haven't proved whether Griffin BROWN is Asa's child, I still need to
document
and analyze Griffin's immediate and extended families, his neighbors,
and
associates. All of his family's information can be added to the same
Legacy
family file, but unlinked from the "known" family. Whenever
you run
into this situation, add the person as a new, unlinked individual by
following
these steps:
The new
person is
now "alone" or "unlinked" in your family file. He is not
linked to the main family. He is in a separate tree. Once he has been
entered,
you can add his wife, children, and any other known relationships. The
more you
research his family, the more information you have to be able to
determine if
he fits into the "known" family. If the
time comes
that you prove that he does belong to the family, simply link him. For
example,
if I learned that Griffin BROWN is Asa's 3rd child, I would: (If
"__________ BROWN was already in the database as child #3): Merge
"__________ BROWN" with Griffin BROWN by clicking on the Merge icon,
and selecting Manual Merge. Select
the two
individuals, and merge them together. (If
"__________ BROWN was not already in the database as child #3): Link
Griffin BROWN
to his parents (Asa and Elizabeth) by first navigating to Griffin BROWN
in the
Family View. With
Griffin
highlighted, right-click in the empty parents area, and click Link to
Parents.
Because Asa and Elizabeth are already in the family file, now just
select Asa
in the list, and now Griffin appears as Asa's 3rd child. Before I
linked
Griffin BROWN to his parents, he was "floating" in the family file.
In other words, he was unlinked from the main tree. In fact, in my
personal
family file, I have 33 separate, unlinked trees. Each tree is a person
or a
group of related persons that I have not yet linked to my main tree. As
research
progresses, I can either link these trees to my main tree, or I might
find that
they don't belong. To view
a listing
of the separate trees in your family file, follow these steps: Click on
the View
menu. Click on
Tree
Finder. This is
a list of
the current trees in my family file. Sometimes the tree finder might
help you
find persons that you thought were actually linked to your main tree,
but
somehow became unlinked. Legacy
News June
29, 2006
>
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Civil War
Records Online The
Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a computerized database created
by the
U.S. National Park Service. The database contains very basic facts
about Union
and Confederate servicemen from all 44 states and territories of that
time. The
first phase of
the CWSS contains names and other basic information from 6.3 million
soldier
records in the National Archives. This phase of the project is complete
and is
available now. Note that these are strictly soldier's records; the
database
does not yet include information about sailors. The
information in
this online database was manually transcribed from the General Index
Cards in
the Compiled Military Service Records at the National Archives. These
records
include 235,000 names of African American Union soldiers. During
the
American Civil War, every two weeks on average, usually at the company
level,
soldiers' names were recorded on muster rolls. Beginning in the 1880s
General
Ainsworth's staff in the Department of the Army originally indexed
these
records to determine who was eligible for a pension. His staff wrote a
card for
every time a soldier's name appeared on a muster roll. When Ainsworth's
staff
finished the Compiled Military Service records, each soldier's file
usually had
many cards representing each time the soldier's name appeared on a
muster roll. One type
of card,
the General Index Card, listed the soldier's name, the soldier's rank
at the
time of enlistment from the first card, and the date the soldier left
the
service with the soldier's final rank from the last card. These General
Index
cards were used to create the online Civil War Soldiers System. When
General
Ainsworth's staff completed the project, there were 6.3 million General
Index
Cards for the soldiers - both Union and Confederate - who had served
during the
American Civil War. Historians have determined that approximately 3.5
million
soldiers actually fought in the War. A soldier serving in more than one
regiment, serving under two names, or giving spelling variations
resulted in
the fact that there are 6.3 million General Index Cards for 3.5 million
soldiers. The
records were
edited for accuracy and consistency by the Genealogical Society of Utah
(GSU)
and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). After editing was
complete,
National Park Service staff converted the final edited version into an
Oracle
database for access by the CWSS on the Internet. I found
the online
database to be easy to use although not so good for wide-ranging
searches. You
must enter the last name, first name, side, and state for each soldier
that you
seek. You cannot search for all records of a surname by leaving the
first name
blank. Instead, you must already know the soldier's first and last
name, as
well as his state of origin and whether he fought for the Union or the
Confederacy. Keep in mind that spelling variations are common. For
instance, a
soldier with the last name of Burrell may be listed as Burwell or
Burell. In
that case, you must search three times: once for each spelling
variation. The
information
returned is minimal. For instance, here are the results of a search for
John
Eastman, a Union soldier from Maine:
Eastman,
John Union
1st
Regiment, Maine Cavalry Clicking
on
"1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry" leads to a long and detailed history of
that regiment. The only personnel listed in that history, however, were
commanders. Keep in
mind that
the online information is minimal; it is strictly an index. Finding a
soldier's
name in this database indicates that there is more information
available on
microfilm or on paper. The
original
service records of Union and Confederate Civil War Soldiers and the
pension
records of Union veterans are maintained at the National Archives
Building in
Washington, DC, where they are available for research to anyone. You
can
request copies of those records by ordering online or by using the NATF
forms
85 and 86. The
military
service records and pension files are separate series of records and
must be
requested separately. For example, if you need both the service record
and the
pension file for one particular veteran who fought for the Union, you
need to
submit two separate orders. Complete
ordering
information is available on the web site. You can
access the
online database of the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) at
no
charge at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss The
National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) does not have custody of
Confederate
soldier pension files. After all, Confederate soldiers and sailors were
not
eligible for pensions from the government that they had fought against.
For
additional information regarding Confederate pension files, you will
need to
contact the State Archives for the state where the veteran lived at the
time he
would have been eligible for a pension. This
article is
from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2005 by
Richard W.
Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author.
Information
about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. June
29, 2006
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National
Archives to Preserve Valuable Digital Data Collections The U.S.
National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the San Diego
Supercomputer
Center (SDSC) signed an agreement earlier today to create methodologies
for
"collaboration, innovation, demonstration, and preservation of some of
the
nation's most valuable digital research collections." The impact of
this
project could be huge for genealogists, historians and many others. Here is
the formal
announcement: WASHINGTON,
June
28 -- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the
San Diego
Supercomputer Center (SDSC), with concurrence from the National Science
Foundation (NSF), today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding
that
provides an avenue for preserving valuable digital data collections.
This
collaboration marks the first time NARA has established an affiliated
relationship for preserving digital data with an academic institution.
Some of
the digital data under SDSC's technical stewardship was produced by or
for
agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. The
Memorandum of
Understanding provides for governance of Federal electronic records and
other
Federal informational materials within the collections under applicable
Federal
laws, regulations and authorities. The
agreement
provides a formal framework for collaboration, innovation,
demonstration, and
preservation of some of the nation's most valuable digital research
collections. SDSC, an organized research unit of UC-San Diego, is a
leader in
cyberinfrastructure and is a national data repository featuring unique
large-scale data storage, preservation, management, and analysis
facilities.
This Memorandum of Understanding establishes an unprecedented
affiliation that
allows SDSC and NARA to build on past research. It manifests our shared
vision
of the future of preserving and providing sustained access to the
scientific
data collections at SDSC. "SDSC
has
been one of our partners since 1998, and this relationship is evidence
of our
shared commitment of ensuring that our children's great grandchildren
have
access to the records of our time. Our collaborations have affirmed
this shared
commitment to NARA's mission," said the Archivist of the United States,
Allen Weinstein. "The
signing
of this memorandum of understanding establishes an unprecedented
affiliation
that allows SDSC and NARA to build on past research and make evident
our shared
future of preserving and sustaining access to the scientific data
collections
at SDSC." "Advancement
and discovery in the 21st century is driven by data," said SDSC
Director
Fran Berman. "Preserving our most valuable digital assets is critical
for
leadership and competitiveness in research and education. This
unprecedented
MOU will lay the groundwork for SDSC to expand and formalize its role
as a
national data repository, and provide a venue for the preservation of
valued
digital collections from federally sponsored research." "NARA
and
SDSC, along with NSF, have a 10-year history of furthering archival
storage and
data retrieval research. This MOU is a milestone that recognizes those
years of
collaboration and the benefits from this important effort," said Dan
Atkins, Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science
Foundation. The
partnering of
NARA, SDSC, and NSF is timely as our nation's scientists and engineers
seek to
increase U.S. competitiveness and leadership. In response to the deluge
of data
faced by researchers, educators, and practitioners, new and innovative
strategies to achieve digital preservation are increasingly important. The
digital
preservation challenge is further accelerated by the increasing
investment by
NSF, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy and other
Federal
agencies in critical research which relies on experimental
observations, computational
analysis, sensors, scientific instruments, and other sources of massive
amounts
of digital data. The
parties
believe that this agreement will enable research and education, support
national security and emergency preparedness and catalyze continuing
technology
research and innovation. The
official
ceremony took place at the National Archives Building at College Park,
MD. with
the Archivist of the United States, Allen Weinstein, Director of the
San Diego
Supercomputer Center, Francine Berman, and the Director of the NSF
Office of
Cyberinfrastructure, Daniel E. Atkins signing the Memorandum of
Understanding.
The Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, Marye Anne
Fox was
unable to attend the ceremony, but signed the document prior to the
ceremony. About
NARA The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
ensures, for the citizen, the President, the Congress, and the Courts,
access
to records that document the rights of citizens, the actions of Federal
officials, and the national experience. NARA plays a key role in
fostering
effective and responsible government through management of the records
in all
three branches of the Federal Government and through sustained access
to
historically valuable records in the National Archives and the
Presidential
Libraries. For More information, please visit the National Archives and
Records
Administration website at http://www.archives.gov. About
SDSC For more than two
decades, the San Diego Supercomputer
Center (SDSC) has enabled breakthrough data-driven and computational
science
and engineering discoveries through the innovation and provision of
information
infrastructure, technologies and interdisciplinary expertise. A key
resource to
academia and industry, SDSC is an international leader in Data
Cyberinfrastructure and computational science, and serves as a national
data
repository to nearly 100 public and private data collections. SDSC is
an
Organized Research Unit and integral part of the University of
California, San
Diego and one of the founding sites of NSF's TeraGrid. For more
information,
see http://www.sdsc.edu. About NSF The
National
Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports
fundamental research and education across all fields of science and
engineering, with an annual budget of $5.58 billion. NSF funds reach
all 50
states through grants to nearly 1,700 universities and institutions.
Each year,
NSF receives about 40,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes
nearly
10,000 new funding awards. The NSF also awards over $400 million in
professional
and service contracts yearly. For
additional
information, please call ERA Communications Officer Rita Cacas at
301-837-1564. This
article is
from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2005 by
Richard W.
Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author.
Information
about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. June
29, 2006
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