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Month: December 2007

Securing the Data – Backup! Backup! Backup!

Securing the Data – Backup! Backup! Backup!

Going Digital 3 I live in hurricane heaven. I used to live in tornado territory. Some live where earthquakes threaten. Fire and flood can happen to anyone. Digital files are so much easier to protect from such disasters than paper files and books. I keep all my files on external hard drives. I find it easier to have one hard drive for work files which are confidential, one for genealogy files, one for personal files, etc. but that’s a preference….

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Books – Will It Happen?

Books – Will It Happen?

Going Digital 2 I had to remove all the books in my office so new carpet could be installed. It was a back breaking task that took several days. Along the way I noted, despite several moves and heavy handed weeding out, there were still books I don’t need. I made piles of them. Now as I place the books back into the bookcases I am attempting to sort by subject and do further weeding. Since my dogs do not…

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Swimming in Paper? Empty the Pool

Swimming in Paper? Empty the Pool

Going Digital 1 We all have way too much paper and genealogists have more than most. I welcomed the opportunity to get statements, bills and other documents of day to day life electronically — don’t even have to scan, just rename and save. Any document not smart enough to come electronically — tax bills for example — are scanned as soon as paid. My personal life is now fairly paper free. But what about all those records, carefully collected over…

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