Historical Society with new Project

(Year 234, Summer) One of our oldest organizations, the Historical Society, never seems to rest. Their members are idealists digging into our past to make all those old events accessible to more residents. This time they have made a deal with The Royal Chamber to create a database of the chamber's early history.

Historical Society's board of 3 includes Quatore Virton and Mila Munch (leader).

Previously the Historical Society has given us the online family trees, just to mention one of their completed projects. The organization has one big challenge, though, the age of their most eager members!

- We certainly won't grow younger, leader Mila Munch (80) confesses with a smile. - In fact, I am the youngest member of our core group.

- That's not gonna stop us, though, adds Quatore Virton (85). - We will move on with two plans this time - starting this exciting project, and also hoping for more members younger than Mila.

And their new project is huge and might take a few years to complete.

- Today, Mazaloom has 3 constitutional chambers, basically controlling each other. Back when the nation was new, there was only the Royal Chamber, and understanding their dynamics and who were members at what times, might give us new insight. We might simply learn more about our common history.

- We're building a public database, hopefully to be accessible from the official community pages. I'm the programmer, and I could certainly allow a young member with more updated programming skills than my own, to join this part of the project.

- We want the register to serve several functions, meaning the facts that we find can be used in several ways, depending on menu options. Information will relate to Houses, years, regions, and most members of aristocracy. We will use sources like protocols from the Royal Court, knights of the High Order of the Baltazar, and new Head of House approvals. And more. I expect there to be some periods with less intact sources, but bringing it all together will hopefully make it possible for us to create at least a functional data base. And, then future generations can add to it if they like.

How about the period between Years 118 and 150, when we had no monarchy?

- When the Royal Chamber was ditched, the regional councils did handle the most important issues. We know they were less dedicated regarding aristocracy, but there should at least be protocols helping us to fill in that gap of 32 years.

Will the database go all the way up to our time?

- It is too early to say. It is the first 118 years that we know too little about, and where we might discover new knowledge. So, that is where we will start. Perhaps there will be a first version covering only that period up to Year 118, before we add  more. It probably depends on what we find.

- And on whether we get any younger members. They might work faster than us oldies, you know.