20 Billion Names are Coming Online

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is beginning a project to digitize and index the 2.3 million rolls of microfilm in their vault. These record genealogical information from around the world. The LDS Church anticipates that they will eventually have 20 billion names, all indexed and linked to the original images. They already have about 4,000 of 200,000 family histories available online through www.familyhsitoryarchive.byu.edu .

Technology application, Genealogy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Online database, Online databases

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Revolutionary Photographs

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Researchers are collecting photographs of those who were involved in the American Revolution and their families. Photography began in 1839 so most photographs would be of elederly people. The final selection of photographs will be published.

Soldiers, Collections and collecting, Photographs, United States history, Images, Photographic, American Revolution, 1775-1783

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The true story of Mark Bowden: how an Inquirer reporter became the hottest nonfiction writer in America

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Mark Bowden's book Black Hawk Down is discussed. The transformation of the writer from a reporter of Inquirer to a famous nonfiction writer in America due to the success of this book is discussed.

Authors, Writers, Works, Journalists, Bowden, Mark

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