It seems as if this discussion has gone off on a couple of tangents from the
original question (See original post below).
The question is not
1) whether we should print out hard copies of our files.
2) whether we should save our work only digitally.
The original question is
whether we should save paper SOURCE materials such as census records, birth
certificates, death certificates and other "PUBLIC" records after they have
been digitally entered into LEGACY.
We are paying the government to maintain these files for us. Why duplicate
their efforts?
It seems that organization of paper source files is a problem for many of
us. It is a frequent topic on many lists. I dare say that most us do not
have them organized in such a way that our descendants can make "heads or
tails" of them. The point I am trying to make is that saving a wad of
census photocopies and other public records is just going to add to the
confusion and clutter.
As for preserving your family history (not your source files) I think that
publishing it in magazines, books, family newsletters, and hard copies sent
to relatives would be best.
Just my 2 cents.
Lewis
----- 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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