Data Mining Leads to Great Discoveries
Data mining is the process of sifting through a large amount of unusable raw data to extract useful information.
A few years ago, I set out to data mine the accumulation of things in my garage. I started to go through file cabinets with drawers filled to the brim, bankers boxes with reams of filed and unfiled paper, journals, and notebooks.
Inside my home, I looked through long-forgotten computer files and shelves of pamphlets and books.
In the process of systematically searching, I made a host of discoveries along the way. One example follows:
A square envelop revealed a single folded card with the words “Certificate of Baptism.”
Would it be my mother’s or mine?
Opening it revealed a thin sheet of slightly transparent tissue paper concealing the name.
The left side offered an engraved image of Jesus in robes with long hair and a beard. He was holding a staff. There was a picture with sheep and scenery.
Under the picture it read, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. St. Matthew 28:19”
On the other side of the card written in ornate calligraphy printing the words:
“Certificate of Baptism, This Certifies that DENNIS ALAN CONRAD ,,,California, was by me Baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost On the Tenth day of June In the Year of our Lord 1962.
At Bethel Lutheran Church.
Los Angeles, CA.
Willis F. Erickson
Pastor”
Don’t delay. Start data mining today. You never know what discoveries you may find. Happy hunting.
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