This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago on 40,000 soldiers from the Union Army in the US Civil War. The sample contains extensive demographic, economic, and medical data from childhood to death. In recent years, a large sample of African-American soldiers and an oversampling of soldiers from major US cities have been added. Hundreds of historical maps containing public health data have been geocoded to place soldiers and their family members in a geospatial context. With newly granted funding, thousands of veterans will be linked to the demographic information available from the census and vital records of their children.

中文翻译：

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联盟退伍军人，长大了。

本文概述了由NIA资助的计划项目，早期指标，代际过程和衰老所带来的研究机会。大约三十年前，美国内战中有40,000名来自联合军的士兵开始收集数据。该样本包含从儿童期到死亡的大量人口，经济和医学数据。近年来，已经添加了大量的非裔美国人士兵，以及来自美国主要城市的士兵的超采样。数百幅包含公共卫生数据的历史地图已经过地理编码，可以将士兵及其家人置于地理空间环境中。利用新授予的资金，成千上万的退伍军人将与他们的孩子的人口普查和重要记录中的人口统计信息相关联。