Like you, Wilma, I would love to think there is somewhere to share all the research that has been done on my lines, because I am not sure that any of my children will have the same zeal to continue my efforts, and some of my lines have taken years to discover. I would like to think it could be used for those who are in this for posterity and not profit. Jean Cuevas At 05:26 PM 1/7/2014, you wrote: > I am sorry I got myself involved in the search for all those Dixon and >Cooper families. Me and my Family Tree records have gotten old (I am 90, >the computer at least 10 years old)and can't seem to do anything correctly. >Before my son Robert died he did a great deal of the research. Another >puzzle I have....what connection between the Matthew Cooper families around >Melbourne and the James Hemphill Cooper Jr., Dr. families near Violet Hill >and up into Southeastern Fulton County? Also, I want to find a person or >place to take all my materials and preserve for posterity. I don't have >grandchildren to inherit. Wilma Ernestine Roberts King,

This past year my genealogist cousin in Enid, Oklahoma, passed away. She was THE Garfield County genealogist. She gave me loads of information about my family lines. She had an "office" with nearly floor to ceiling file cabinets full of every kind of record you can imagine. The local genealogical society and her kids went through it and, according to the person I talked to in the society, a lot of it is now "lost" to future researchers. Like many, I have worked hard trying to find missing ancestors and my kids seem to have little to no interest in continuing after I'm gone. My future strategy revolves around the internet. I have a website on Rootsweb/Ancestry Freepages with the tree on it and I'm adding as much research as possible. I wrote to Freepages and asked them what happens when a site goes unused for a long period and was assured that it would remain as long as there is a Rootsweb/Ancestry. I've also been using a site named Wikitree. You add your information in the form of a gedcom. The site generates a "tree" from the gedcom. Then you, and many others, work to merge your tree with other trees with the same ancestors. When ancestors are merged they become shared by the descendants and the eventual goal is to have one world family tree with everyone collaborating together. For good or ill, at least my work will stick around after I'm gone. Perhaps one day one of my ***grandkids will find it an continue it. Maybe a distant cousin. At least it won't just be tossed in the nearest trash bin. On 01/08/2014 06:27 AM, Jean Cuevas wrote: > Like you, Wilma, I would love to think there is somewhere to share all the research that has been done on my lines, because I am not sure that any of my children will have the same zeal to continue my efforts, and some of my lines have taken years to discover. I would like to think it could be used for those who are in this for posterity and not profit. > > > > Jean Cuevas > > > > > > At 05:26 PM 1/7/2014, you wrote: >> I am sorry I got myself involved in the search for all those Dixon and >> Cooper families. Me and my Family Tree records have gotten old (I am 90, >> the computer at least 10 years old)and can't seem to do anything correctly. >> Before my son Robert died he did a great deal of the research. Another >> puzzle I have....what connection between the Matthew Cooper families around >> Melbourne and the James Hemphill Cooper Jr., Dr. families near Violet Hill >> and up into Southeastern Fulton County? Also, I want to find a person or >> place to take all my materials and preserve for posterity. I don't have >> grandchildren to inherit. Wilma Ernestine Roberts King, > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- A cat is a puzzle with no solution. Cats are tiny little women in fur coats. When you get all full of yourself try giving orders to a cat. _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._