Geni Special Collections

Geni Special Collections

No profiles please.

This project is an index of projects to be designated as a "Geni Special Collection."

Project collaborators, please add proposed projects to the list, and use the "related project" tool to associate the project with this umbrella.

We will be developing a mechanism to formally nominate and vote on projects to receive a "Geni SC" visual marker.

what is a Special Collection?

Definition of "Special Collections" derived from University of Maryland Libraries

Special collections have characteristics that set them apart from other types of collections in [virtual] libraries. These special aspects may include:

• Rarity: books, manuscripts and other materials that are old, scarce or unique.
• Format: photographs, slides, films, audio recordings, maps, artworks, artifacts and other objects that need special handling.
• Comprehensiveness: accumulation of materials that are individually not unique, but collectively make up an important resource because of their relevance to a particular topic or individual.

These characteristics also mean that special collections are not readily replaceable and require a higher level of security and special preservation environments to insure their survival. In contrast to museum collections assembled for visual display, special collections focus on research as their primary mission. Thus, they complement general research collections and are often located in institutions that house both kinds of collections.

what is a Geni Special Collection?

• A Geni Special Collection project is nominated for that designation
• A Geni Special Collection project is curated

To propose a project for Geni Special Collections, it must be:

• unique to Geni
• list citable sources in the project overview
• contain profiles vetted against the sources or other project criteria

Projects added to the "suggested" list below may be removed if they do not meet those minimum criteria.

advantages to curated projects

By partnering projects with a Geni curator, projects will:

• be on notice that project stated objectives are met, or be removed from Geni SC designation.
  • profiles out of scope of the project will be removed
  • project discussions could be moderated
• receive priority attention from curators for their services in
  • making Master Profiles
  • resolving technical errors
  • genealogical assistance
  • applying enhancements & fixes introduced by Geni into the software platform
    • as example, use of a "relationship locking" function, a proposed development effort as of Feb 2016
• be assisted in submissions for outside awards & honors
  • as example, the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland collaborative project has been chosen for archiving by the British Library archives
• be assisted in creating collaborative relationships, both within & without Geni
  • as example, curators worked closely with A.J. Jacobs developing trees for the Global Family Reunion - a project curated by Geni staff

What would you like from a curated Geni project? What do you expect from a Special Collection designation? Raise points by discussion.

Suggested Projects

Listed alphabetically

• 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland
• Alutiiq and Aleuts of Alaska
• Burke's Peerage - 107th Edition - Irregularities and Proposed Corrections
• Clergé Catholique du Québec ~ Catholic Clergy of Québec
• Colonial American immigrants with Plantagenet ancestry
• Chickasaw Chiefs and Prominent Members
• Choctaw Chiefs 1830-Present
• Choctaw Code Talkers
• Daughters of the American Revolution - Patriots
• First American Jewish Families
• The Five Moons: world of the ballerinas from Oklahoma
• Global Family Reunion
• High Kings of Ireland
• Old colonists at the banquet given by Mr. E. Solomon on December 28, 1871 - South Australia
• Potawatomi Migration from Wisconsin & Michigan to Canada
• R-L270 Irish Type II (South Irish)
• Ramapo Mountain Culture ~ Dutch Colonial Blacks & Disenfrachisement
• Regicides of Charles l
• Répertoire des municipalités du Québec ~ Directory of Locations in Québec
• RMS Titanic
• Supplement to Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr by Theodore Herr

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Please raise comments and questions in "discussions." We're just beginning this as of 19 February 2016.

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