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Latest Titles for Genealogists Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP Thursday, 2/7/13 2:29 pm Dana Dorman Genealogy	More New Titles for Genealogists Check out HSP's "New in the Library" blog for the latest list of genealogical and family history titles added to our library. Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP Thursday, 1/10/13 8:55 am Dana Dorman Genealogy
New Titles for Genealogists HSP's "New in the Library" blog has been updated with the latest set of genealogy-related titles that have been added to our collection. Click here for the latest list of additions of resource guides, family histories, and more. Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP Wednesday, 11/28/12 2:46 pm Dana Dorman Genealogy	Nearing the Finish Line on the Greenfield Digital Project As the Greenfield Digital Project enters its final months, I'm amazed at all we've accomplished and also trying not to think too much about all the work we have left to complete. Fondly, Pennsylvania Wednesday, 11/7/12 11:50 am Dana Dorman 20th century, Albert M. Greenfield, Bankers Trust Company, Depression, Economics, Greenfield Digital Project, Philadelphia, Text Encoding Initiative
Filling in Family Details with Undertakers' Records Following up on Sarah's post about cemetery records last month, I thought I'd highlight another helpful source for family history research: undertakers' records. Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP Wednesday, 10/31/12 3:13 pm Dana Dorman 20th century, Genealogy, Oliver H. Bair Company, undertaker records Comments: 10	Welcome to Our New Blog: Roots & Branches Did you know that HSP is one of the largest family history libraries in the nation? Roots & Branches: Genealogy at HSP Monday, 6/18/12 12:00 am Dana Dorman Genealogy Comments: 7
Learning More About the People Behind the Documents I'm excited to report that we've moved on to the next phase of the Greenfield Digital Project: researching and annotating our 324 selected primary-source documents. Fondly, Pennsylvania Wednesday, 4/11/12 9:50 am Dana Dorman 20th century, Albert M. Greenfield, Bankers Trust Company, Depression, Economics, Greenfield Digital Project, Philadelphia, Text Encoding Initiative	A Clearinghouse for Philadelphia Banks We are nearly finished with phase one of the Greenfield Digital Project -- transcribing and adding basic XML encoding to 300+ documents selected from HSP's collections to help tell the story of Bankers Trust Company, the first large bank to fail in Philadelphia during the Great Depression. Fondly, Pennsylvania Wednesday, 2/1/12 10:46 am Dana Dorman 20th century, Albert M. Greenfield, Business, Depression, Greenfield Digital Project, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Banker, Can You Spare a Dime? Given all the headlines about the struggling economy over the last couple years, it feels remarkably timely to be transcribing documents from the early months of the Great Depression as part of the Greenfield Digital Project. Recently, I’ve been working on letters from depositors of Bankers Trust Company, which became one of the first large banks to fail in Philadelphia when it closed on December 22, 1930. Fondly, Pennsylvania Tuesday, 7/26/11 2:42 pm Dana Dorman 20th century, Albert M. Greenfield, Bankers Trust Company, Business, Depression, Greenfield Digital Project, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, text encoding, Text Encoding Initiative Comments: 1	Getting From Paper Pages To Digital Texts Now that we’re elbow-deep in encoding the 300 or so documents for the Greenfield Digital Project, my colleague Faith Charlton and I are spending a lot of time at the keyboard. Fondly, Pennsylvania Wednesday, 6/15/11 12:12 pm Dana Dorman 20th century, Albert M. Greenfield, Bankers Trust Company, Business, Depression, Greenfield Digital Project, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, text encoding, Text Encoding Initiative

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