Photographs of Men Who Fought in the Revolutionary War Yes, you read that right. Photographs of Americans who fought in the Revolution are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-1783 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s. Utah-based journalist Joe Baumam spent three decades researching and compiling the images. These early photographs – known as daguerreotypes – are exceptionally rare camera-original, fully-identified photographs of veterans of the War for Independence – the war that established the United States. You can see the photographs in an article in The Daily Mail at http://goo gl/S3s7g8. Trove online database's future in doubt due to National Library funding cuts By Georgia Hitch The future of the Trove online database is in doubt due to funding cuts to the National Library of Australia. Key points: Trove digitises items like books, photos, newspapers and maps It currently holds over 4 million items The National Library is facing $20 million in funding cuts In February it was revealed a number of national cultural institutions were looking at reducing staff numbers as they face $20 million in cuts from the Federal Government's efficiency dividend. Later that month, a leaked email from the National Library's director-general projected 22 jobs would be axed next financial year, with more in the future, as a result of the funding cuts. Although Trove, which was launched in late 2009, is funded by the library's budget, without government funding the library will not be able to update the material in the database. Currently the database hosts more than 4 million digitised items, including books, images, music, historic newspapers and maps. In 2014, the database's fifth year, an estimated 70,000 people were using the website each day. The remainder of the article may be found in an article by Georgia Hitch in the ABC Australian News web site at http://goo.gl/jT1R7i. Sally Rolls Pavia [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index "Our Soldiers are one of our greatest assets!" "Soliders do not die until they are forgotten."