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Preserve History With Digitized Yearbooks

By Susan Baker


These days just about every previously printed document is being scanned into a digital format. Such technology can make photographs more clear, and details within images can be enlarged for better viewing. Everything from old issues of magazines and periodicals to digitized yearbooks are available for those engaged in various forms of research.

People who are looking into their ancestry may wish to get obtain a yearbook from their parents or grandparents in order to see what they looked like, and what clubs and honors they may have received. This helps give them a more complete history of their family, and gives life to stories they may have heard. It can be especially beneficial for those who were adopted, or lost their parents early in life.

These days one might even be able to access copies of diplomas, awards, and even old shipping documents going back into antiquity can help us trace the movements of our ancestors. When one combines their DNA history with the movements of their family, as told by relatives, it truly gives life to the stories. This can also provide researchers with data on the spread of diseases that seem to run in certain families.

Any writer who seeks to create a novel that brings historical events to life can now access enough information about the people of the time to create a story that brings our social evolution to life. History no longer needs to be taught as a series of names and dates. Now we have novels written in the Historical Fiction genre which gives a more colorful account of the people who shaped our world.

The modern political climate has certainly been impacted by the availability of historical data as well. Journalists are notoriously curious when it comes to the past accomplishments and/or embarrassments that may be uncovered about a candidate for office. Most people feel they have a right to expect full disclosure from anyone running for political offices, and this technology makes sweeping their past disgrace under the carpet almost impossible.

It is not uncommon for a reporter to do an expose on a candidate that is entirely biased and intended to make that candidate look better than they are. This is where many private citizens conducting research, obtaining documents, and keeping these records for prosperity become heroes. Biased political writing must be exposed in order for citizens to have any real power in the political process.

Police investigators are sometimes tipped off by private citizens when new eyes feast upon evidence gathered in prior decades. A murder case from twenty or more years ago can be reopened when curious family members obtain digital records on their slain family member. When police officers conceal evidence or receive a pay-off, such details can be revealed years later, and the guilty party exposed and imprisoned long after they believe the matter will never come up again.

This is an exciting time for all humans, as our past catches up to the present in greater detail than ever before. Even so, a yearbook is more than a collection of photographs, and nothing can replace having the real thing in-hand. Those notes left by classmates in the pages of our history can tell more about a person than any copy ever will.




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