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Each of the Ellingsworth given names is sized according to its frequency in the 1860 United States census; there were 218 Ellingsworths enumerated in 1860.
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Ellingsworth Given Names, 1860 Census
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Apr 252009
Data Mining in Genealogy
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Apr 292008
In this paper, I will suggest that the application of data mining to large data sets and repositories of genealogical information, along with the potential benefits of data mining to both researchers and organizations that support genealogical research efforts will enhance the ability of historians and genealogical researchers to conduct more efficient and effective research.
Thumbs+ & SQL Server 2005 Express
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Sep 112006
Many of us who use Thumbs+ have found that the default 2GB limit of Microsoft Access to be a concern, if not an outright problem. There are several solutions to this – you can buy SQL Server 2000, which can be cost prohibitive, or install MySQL, which some users find more intimidating than others. A third option is available, now that Microsoft has made SQL Server 2005 Express (SSE) a free download.
To aid those interested in using SSE with Thumbs+, I have made the following brief tutorial available. I would appreciate any input into correcting errors, or of any bugs anyone finds in using SSE with Thumbs+.
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PEAR DB tableinfo();
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Jun 072006
I needed a quick function in PHP that would generate HTML tables from database information. The issue was that the column names would not be known in advance for some of the more generic queries so I found the solution using the PEAR DB tableinfo() function. This function does exactly what I needed – it “gets info about columns in a table or a query result”. Perfect. So I created a function that takes a valid query for your database and formats the results into a nice HTML table, which I find useful for reporting pages (easily imported into Excel or Calc).
Here is the code:
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Random Image Display with PHP
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Jul 222005
So I wrote the following piece of code to display the random image above, mainly so I could show off my photos without having to create a photo gallery thingy. It is pretty straightforward and works fairly well. Here is an working example:
procmail: Rewriting the Subject
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Nov 232004
A common problem with posting to newsgroups is that unless you have a very good spam filter, or you use a disposable email address, you will get spam. Guaranteed.
One way to deal with this problem is to use procmail, a “mail processing and SmartList mailing list suite”. Continue reading »
Jan 022004
I got an iBook for a contract job and gleefully used it occasionally to do some testing of an application I wrote. I really only used it several times, since my main machine is a Dell Latitude, but I really did like the aesthetics of it, and of course, OS X. But then one day it wouldn’t start, and I was worried. Until I learned of the experiences of other iBook owners . . . Continue reading »
Windows to Linux Migration
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Nov 172003
So you have read and heard a lot about linux, but you have been using Windows for so long you are afraid to change. Migrating from Windows to Linux sounds pretty daunting, you say? Well, you can get your feet firmly planted with the documentation provided by DragonSlayers coder Chris Walden of IBM.
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Installing Apache, MySQL & PHP on WIN2K
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Mar 312003
Things you’ll need:
- Apache 2.0 Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)
- mysql-4.0.12-win.zip
- php-4.3.1-Win32.zip (CGI binary plus server API versions for Apache, Apache2 (experimental), ISAPI, NSAPI, Servlet and Pi3Web. MySQL support built-in, many extensions included, packaged as zip)
Optional:
- MySQL Control Center (This is VERY NICE management tool; it is similar to Enterprise Manager for those of you familiar with MSSQL Server.)
- PHPMyAdmin – web-based MySQL configuration tool
(You can select different options if you’d like; if you do, and they work, comment them to this article.)
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