Subtitle: Unlike Paper and Microfilm, Digital Documents Can Last Forever The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. “Conventional wisdom” amongst genealogists, historians, and archivists states that digital media is a poor method of storing data for decades or for centuries. This “conventional wisdom” claims that the only practical …
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(+) Which is Better for Long-Term Storage of Records: Paper, Microfilm or Digital?
Subtitle: Unlike Paper and Microfilm, Digital Documents Can Last Forever The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. “Conventional wisdom” amongst genealogists, historians, and archivists states that digital media is a poor method of storing data for decades or for centuries. This “conventional wisdom” claims that the only practical …
Now There’s a Photo for Each Name on Vietnam Wall
Volunteers have now tracked down at least one photo for every one of the more than 58,000 U.S. military service members who died in the Vietnam War – for an online Wall of Faces project that took more than two decades to complete. The goal was to help a new generation of Americans grapple with …