Greetings, I couldn't agree with you more as I have found myself the receiver of such "paper of old" and was thankful it was ON PAPER and in special marked boxes - DO NOT DISCARD, FAMILY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - dated by the relative of years back!! Papyrus is really not that bad, if handled judiciously... BTW, this was in an ole garage about ready to be demolished and the box was given to me as the folks knew of my interest in such things.
Blessings and warm regards, Janz Janz I. Mynderup "Revealing NewPathWays of Financial Truths - Jer 33:3 and Jer 29:11+ using Luke 14:28+ with controlled risk Matt 25:18+" California 1879, Preamble. "We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom..." - California 1879, Preamble. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John S. Adams Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Why save copies of census records? Suppose you have a magnificent genealogy file: all your ancestors going back 300 years identified, described and sourced; all yours sources and pictures scanned and digitized. You've stored everything electronically and backed it up six times. Everything is organized and labelled meticulously. Tomorrow you get hit by a bus. Your executor goes through your belongings and finds this box marked "GENEALOGY" full of labelled CD's and gives it your granddaughter. She has no interest in genealogy, so puts the box in a garage storage cabinet. 50 years from now her son is going through her belongings and finds the box. He's a genealogist. He's excited! He has visions of all those brickwalls crashing down. He opens the box. He has no idea what all these thin, shiny disks are. Maybe early 21st century coasters? It would be like finding a box of piano rolls and only having a DVD player to play your music. The fact is that 300 years ago, the best way to save data for posterity was on paper, and that is still the best way today, unfortunately. Don't throw away those paper files! John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA "Just another day in paradise." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:28 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? Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
