I'm doing this with shortened URLs (or tiny URLs) so the long hyperlinks don't go into people's spam folders.
All information from Dick Eastman about various media and ways to store your data. Bottom line: Multiple copies all over the place. Mother Nature doesn't care about our genealogy. Floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc can claim our stuff within a few minutes. Dick Eastman calls this L.O.C.K.S.S. - Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe http://goo.gl/iRA9j Floppies (Sony is the last company to make them and they are no longer doing so): http://goo.gl/oU4QW Cloud Computing (what Jesse talks about - it's not on his personal computer, he's able to access it from the cloud, anywhere: http://goo.gl/jby9j Backups (there are many articles on the page and at the bottom is a link to the next series of articles): http://goo.gl/cfJ7w Mozy (a backup service): http://goo.gl/wEpF6 Dropbox (another option for at least your backup file to restore from or retrieving your files from one computer to another): http://goo.gl/fBCSr Digital, Paper, or film? http://goo.gl/uP0nN And archives and libraries also go through these questions. Microfilm or digital? http://goo.gl/AO1PO For those who want to know how I did the shortened URLs up there.....I used to use TinyURL (http://tinyurl.com/). I copied the long URL and went to TinyURL and pasted it and copied the TinyURL into the message. However, it was always bolded, so I had to take off the bolding. Then Google got into the act (I read about it on Dick Eastman). That one is http://goo.gl/ Notice there's no www. there. (But if you do accidentally type it, it will redirect you). The Google URL Shortener doesn't bold it. And it lets me know how many times a link was clicked on. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
