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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 9 new articles Portable Gramps for Windows - Free Portable Genealogy Software Gramps is a genealogy program that is well-known as a Linux program. However, Windows and Macintosh versions are also available. Writing on the EOGN Discussion Forum, Christian has announced a new offering: Gramps for Windows that can be installed on a USB jump drive: I've created a portable version of Gramps (3.1.1) for Windows that can be used with the popular PortableApps.com USB software. My portable version brings it's own Python and GTK environment and a launcher will handle... Pocket Genealogist 3.32 Released The Pocket Genealogist is a great program for Windows Mobile handheld computers and smartphones. You can read my earlier articles about the Pocket Genealogist at http://www.google.com/cse?cx=003715150024579880844%3Aulyzue1ivzu&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Pocket+Genealogist%22&sa=Search. Now producer Northern Hills Software has released an updated version. Changes in the new version 3.32 include: Device/Desktop: Support for RootsMagic 4. ('Direct' import requires Pocket Genealogist... Ohio Historical Society Closed This Week Among recent cost-saving measures to be taken as a result of recent cuts to state funding, the Ohio Historical Society will furlough its employees at specified sites for the week of March 28-April 3, 2009. The following is from the Ohio Historical Society web site: Sites and Museums Fifteen out of 58 OHS historic sites and museums normally open to public visitation and/or business will be closed. The sites scheduled to be closed for the week are: Adena Mansion & Gardens in Chillicothe,... Please Post Comments in the Appropriate Places We seem to have had a rash of off-topic comments posted here in the past day or two. Please keep in mind that EVERY article in this newsletter has a comments section at the end of the article. If you have a comment about that article, please post it at the end of that article, not at the end of some other article. The Standard Edition articles are posted at http://blog.eogn.com and each Standard Edition article has a comments field at the end of that article at http://blog.eogn.com. The Plus... Library of Congress embraces YouTube, iTunes The U.S. Library of Congress has begun uploading its audio archives to iTunes, and it will soon begin to post videos on YouTube, in an effort to make its materials easier for the public to access. The library already offers the materials at its own Web site, LOC.gov, and through interactive exhibitions on its new, personalized Web site at myLOC.gov, but the expansion to YouTube and Apple's iTunes is part of the library's efforts to make its 15.3 million digital items more accessible,... Keeping Up with Data Rot Computer formats come and go leaving some users with data no longer compatible with software or hardware. As David Pogue reports, this is called data rot. This CBS News video gives a great overview of the problems associated with preserving audio, video, and computer data. The story also describes briefly how to preserve electronic data with data migration. You can watch the video at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4836762n%3fsource=search_video. My thanks to newsletter reader Milo... Muncie, Indiana History and Genealogy Center to Close When the Local History and Genealogy Center closes this summer, Muncie Public Library hopes to rent the downtown building, the newest of all the Muncie library facilities. The center, at 210 S. Jefferson St., just behind the Carnegie Library, was built in 2003 at a cost of about $900,000 and includes about 7,000 square feet. But it will close this summer, as budget cuts have forced the library board to close both the center and Conley Library. A third Muncie library, Carnegie, could close in... Melinde Sanborn: Tree Climber The Manchester Union-Leader has a great article about professional genealogist and prolific author Melinde Sanborn, FASG. It describes how she became interested in genealogy. Sanborn scrapped her aspirations of being an archaeologist and decided she would become a genealogist. The same article also provides a bit of information about the upcoming New England Regional Genealogical Conference to be held in Manchester, NH on April 22 to 26. You can read more about Melinde Sanborn at Data Preservation and How Ancient Egypt Got It Right Subtitle: Rocks Don't Need to Be Backed Up Henry Newman has written an interesting article for the Enterprise Storage Forum web site that describes the decline in data lifetime: "In some ways, the Egyptians with their simpler approach were far better off than we are at recording and saving information. Just look at the well preserved [Egyptian] obelisk as you consider all the formats you probably have lying around that can no longer be accessed, from 5.25-inch floppy disks to 8-track... More Recent Articles
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