Abstract
Four databases with data on individual historical life courses are tested for FAIRness: the TRA, Umeå, HSN and IPUMS databases. All databases make their data much more Findable than they were in the original sources. But as databases, they are best findable if their name is a unique acronym, and if different sub-datasets all use that same acronym. Sensitive data have to be protected. Two databases make anonymous data sets or those only containing information on deceased individuals Accessible without any formalities, and other databases could follow this example. To increase Interoperability a large number of tools are offered by the databases. Reusability is among the raisons d’être of these databases.
Highlights
A traditional Appalachian folk song, recorded by numerous folk and country artists, tells fair and tender ladies to take care in love
While historical individuals may seem as fleeting as morning stars or birds, historians come to grips with their life courses by collecting life events in historical databases
Data on individual historical life courses are collected in dozens of major databases accessible online
Summary
A traditional Appalachian folk song, recorded by numerous folk and country artists, tells fair and tender ladies to take care in love. Even if the lover has disappeared from sight, the love may have left visible traces, in life and in historical records. The latter are in turn chased by historians. While historical individuals may seem as fleeting as morning stars or birds, historians come to grips with their life courses by collecting life events in historical databases. Data on individual historical life courses are collected in dozens of major databases accessible online.. The TRA survey aims at life reconstitution of all individuals whose last name begins with the letters 'Tra' and their descendants who died in France between 1800 and 1939 It contains data from population registers, military and fiscal records (Bourdieu, Kesztenbaum, & Postel-Vinay, 2014).. Both searches were executed in Google Chrome in the first two weeks of February 2021
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