You are correct Sharon. When I started inputting my information I had a
large amount. I inputting and pitched into a box which I passed on to
be sister so she could start her file. I was so new did not know I
could do it once and pass it on to the whole family by various means.
Needless to say my computer crashed and I lost it all, no back up. I
just gave up as some of the information was directly from family, hard
to duplicate or find as they were not passed over. About a year later
my sister called to ask me what this box was that said genealogy on it.
She found it in her storage under her upstairs steps. I nearly
screamed I was so excited. I told her I was making the 10 hr. round
trip the next day to get it not to let anyone touch it. I got it back
and used Legacy this time and have been going ever since.
As for back up, on what- you are correct use the latest- I had some on
zip disk and had to get a friend to put them on CD's as I had gotten rid
of my machine that had the zip drive. I now treat this information as
one of my most prized possessions, it is.
Flo
Sharon Perdue wrote:
As long as you back up, back up, back up! And have at least one back
up stored offsite. And when the media changes, you back up to the new
type of media! (like a cd to replace a diskette, and before that a
diskette to replace a floppy disk).
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Why save copies of census records?
Since I have been using Legacy to attach census images to people
appearing in the census, I am wondering if there is any longer a need
for a hard copy record. What do you think?
The same might be true for obituaries, birth and death certificates,
and some others.
Since most information is stored electronically these days, why are
we still saving hard copies and filling up file cabinets? Also
trying to come up with a decent filing system. Do we really need
these things?
Isn't it time to move into the 21th century and file electronically?
Lewis
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