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HUGUENOT Historical Society gets federal grant
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
... will also translate and catalog hundreds of Dutch-American documents,
as well ... genealogies, church, cemetery and bible records, wills and
deeds, census records ...
<_http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/HHS_grant-23Jul05.htm_
(http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/HHS_grant-23Jul05.htm) >
PUBLIC records policy disputed
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... If that isn'ta public document in today's world, I don't know what
is ... Mall said the real problem with e-mail retention isn't saving
electronic
files, but sorting ...
<_http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/12206503.htm_
(http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/12206503.htm) >
Bangkok Post, Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:30 AM PDT
The favour of strangers
_http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Realtime/22Jul2005_real95.php_
(http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Realtime/22Jul2005_real95.php)
Dispiriting statistics haunt the National Film Archive of Thailand
(NFAT). Given the existing manpower and funding, it'll take another 10 years
to
inspect and 30 years to restore all the 1,000-plus decaying rolls of film _
from
post-war news reels to previous kings' royal movies and old classics _ whose
combined length stretch from here all the way to the North Pole.
AlertNet, Fri, 22 Jul 2005 2:11 PM PDT
Rescued police files hold Guatemala's dark secrets
_http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22636797.htm_
(http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22636797.htm)
GUATEMALA CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Old police files found in a bat-infested
ammunition depot last week promise to shed light on decades of human rights
crimes in Guatemala and give hope to relatives seeking truth about vanished
loved ones
News-Herald, Sat, 23 Jul 2005 6:28 AM PDT
Judge: Hundreds of records falsified 07/24/05
_http://www.thenewsherald.com/stories/072405/loc_20050724019.shtml_
(http://www.thenewsherald.com/stories/072405/loc_20050724019.shtml)
LINCOLN PARK — District Judge David Bajorek has uncovered an alleged crime
spree orchestrated by a lawyer who now stands accused of falsifying hundreds
of court documents over the last four years.
GJ Sentinel, Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:19 PM PDT
Search Site/Web enhanced by
_http://www.gjsentinel.com/health/content/news/stories/2005/07/23/7_23_Dixon_deposition_WWW.html_
(http://www.gjsentinel.com/health/content/news/stories/2005/07/23/7_23_Dixon_deposition_WWW.html)
Rob Dixon erased his computer hard drive before handing it over to
authorities. Dixon, the former secretary of the Grand Junction Rural Fire Protection
District, also did not receive any paper documentation, receipts or statements
from a New York company in which he invested public money.
Winchester Star, Wed, 20 Jul 2005 9:59 PM PDT
Archives Receives Research
_http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050721/Life_archives.asp_
(http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050721/Life_archives.asp)
Blame it on Ben Ritter. Author Thomas K. Tate is quick to point out
that the
Winchester historian planted the seed that caused him to spend the last
three
years of his life working on a book.
Bangkok Post, Thu, 21 Jul 2005 7:11 PM PDT
Screen savers Thailand's struggling National Film Archive is receiving a
professional helping hand
_http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Realtime/22Jul2005_real51.php_ (http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Realtime/22Jul2005_real51.php)
Despite the popular notion that old films are outdated, irrelevant or just
plain boring, there is a wealth of historical and cultural detail to be found
in old Thai film footage.
FORGOTTEN files cast light on 60 years of oppression
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
... The archive, which runs from 1930 through to the mid-1990s, is so huge
it will take some five years to sift through, archivists say. ...
<_http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=45610&vers
ion=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56_
(http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=45610&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56) >
COURT OKs Destruction of Unused 2000 Ballots
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Unused butterfly ballots left over from the 2000 presidential election
are not public records and can be destroyed, a state appeals court ruled
in Tallahassee. ...
<_http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-briefs23.1jul23,1,755
6450.story?coll=la-news-politics-national_
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-briefs23.1jul23,1,7556450.story?coll=la-news-politics-nat
ional) >
LOST Laptops Sink Data
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... If an encrypted laptop is stolen, the perpetrators can't access the
data or they can't use the machine unless they swap out the drive or reformat
it. ...
<_http://www.rednova.com/news/technology/183883/lost_laptops_sink_data/_
(http://www.rednova.com/news/technology/183883/lost_laptops_sink_data/) >
NEW safe-deposit boxes have greater security risk
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
They include boxes at the new Bank of America branch on Kings Drive in
Charlotte ... some of their customer data were stolen or missing from
data tapes and computers ...
<_http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/12204286.htm_
(http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/12204286.htm) >
MARCONI archives may return
BBC News - UK
Parts of the Marconi Collection may be set to return to Chelmsford, the
home town of the radio pioneer. The bulk of the collection ...
<_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/4710797.stm_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/4710797.stm) >
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