The idea of digitizing genealogical material for everyone to use is not a new one. The first
ideas started coming together in early 2004...
10.4.2004
The association is founded at a meeting held at Lohja. The people present were Timo Nyholm,
Tapio Kallio, Markku Kukkola. Our number of members has
been growing ever since.
28.4.2004
The association gets its server, thanks to sponsors and other active participants. The computer
is a 2600 MHz Pentium with 1 GB RAM and two 120 GB S-ATA drives. The server gets placed in Juha's
closet for the time being. The connection speed is nominally 2 Mbit/s, but in reality slower, since
it's shared with a lot of other users. The server is named digiarkisto.org, aka
digiarkisto.org. The middle part comes from Kotiverkkoyhdistys (Domestic Network Association),
whose network the server uses.
July 2004
The association gets its own bank account LUSP 400626-51144.
1.9.2004
The e-mail mailing list is set up. digiarkisto@digiarkisto.org.
16-17.10.2004
The association has a booth at the Kuulutko sukuuni
(Are you a member of my family?)-event in Vantaa.
Fall 2004
The first pictures are uploaded to he server.
January-February 2005
The website gets a face lift. The girls (Päivi and Anne) are hard working and make sure that the
boys do their job as well. Thank you for that.
12.2.2005
The first course on digitizing is held at Sello, the Leppävaara library in Espoo.
10.8.2005
The registration of the association is approved by the
Register of Associations.
15-16.10.2005
The association has a booth at the Kuulutko
sukuuni (Are you a member of my family?)-event in Vantaa.
30.10.2005
The president of the association stars on the YLE Radio Finland program
Suomi harrastaa (Hobbies in Finland).
26.11.2005
The second course on digitizing is held at the city library in Kerava.
30.1.2006
Our server is relocated to Innopolis in Otaniemi, Espoo. The old adress http://digiarkisto.org
becomes obsolete.
6.2.2006
100 000 people have visited the site.
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