14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the method comprises: for each of the one or more events identified in the electronic source document: presenting on the electronic display device, along with the electronic source document, one or more of the proper names comprised by any term of an identified relationship, and, for one or more of the presented proper names, presenting a list of terms that include a matching or similar proper name; and in response to user input through the at least one computer input device, associating at least one of the presented proper names with a term from the presented list; and in response to additional user input through the at least one computer input device, updating at least one database record associated with at least one proper name associated with a term from a presented list to reflect the associated event.
11. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage medium or media encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed on at least one processor within a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, comprising: acquiring in electronic form a source document describing one or more events involving one or more individuals and/or organizations; identifying in the electronic source document terms, including terms comprising a proper name, corresponding to respective terms in one or more preconfigured lists of terms, of which one or more of the preconfigured lists comprises terms including at least one proper name; tagging identified terms in the electronic source document; for each tagged term including a proper name, searching one or more databases for records that may represent individuals and/or organizations that carry that proper name or a similar one and retrieving one or more of such records; identifying one or more events described in the electronic source document by applying one or more rules to identify relationships involving terms in the electronic source document; for each of the one or more events identified in the electronic source document: presenting the electronic source document, with at least one term and the event contrasted, on an electronic display device; accepting user input through at least one computer input device to accept or to reject the identification of the contrasted event; and if the contrasted event is accepted, creating a tentative database transaction to record the event including terms of the identified relationships; accepting additional user input through the at least one computer input device directing that the tentative database transactions be committed to one or more databases; in response to the additional user input through the at least one computer input device, altering records contained in one or more databases to reflect the one or more events accepted by the user; and storing the electronic source document in a memory device for possible later retrieval.