The records held in Latvia's state archives will be key to finding many of the answers.

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"It was probably just filed with hundreds of papers, " said James Folts, a head researcher for the state archives.

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Today the Center gathers 55 partner institutions and entities, including many governments and state archives, universities and documentation centers.

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The Texas State Library Archives Commission is using BTOP funding to add and upgrade computer centers in libraries, community colleges, schools, recreation centers and other public buildings around the state.

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In 2006, a National Focal Point for Memory of the World was established in Viet Nam, with the State Records and Archives Department serving as a supporting agency.

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The opening-up of eastern European archives and a recent U.S. State Department conference on Nazi-looted assets will give claimants even more documentation for pursuing their cases.

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Bowling Green State University, which says it has the only Department of Popular Culture in the nation and the largest popular music archives in an academic library in the U.S., appears poised to become a hub for metal research.

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