Even web sites with awesome amounts of information probably need to be thought about with a plan for survivorship, for lack of a better word. I found a detail that looked very promising about a Harris family on someone's Family Tree Maker pages -- but I needed a bit more information than the index they published. I wrote to the man. The mail bounced. <grrrr> Now, I don't know why. It irritated me, though. :) Two weeks ago, my husband's favorite younger (heck, I think he was the youngest cousin in that side of the family) dropped dead with no warning from a heart attack. He was 35. He left a number of dot com projects hanging in mid-air from his work. But there's people there to pick up and go on. I'm not sure there's anyone in my family who would pick up my genealogy hobby and distribute it, finish it, or anything. My daughter would likely put it away and keep it safe, though. So, now that I'm babbling -- what are some of the best tips to follow in not only safe-keeping researched information, but making sure it is available to others? And that the place(s) you submit your information to will also remain a viable public archival, whether it is electronic (like the databases online) or on paper. If I *ever* find the name of my great grandfather Atwood's parents, I assure you, this is not something I'd want anyone to lose. I might come down and haunt someone if they did! deb (Atwood) Christensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/forums/graphics/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorrice Wallis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > Karen, I absolutely agree with you, and I have thought about that very thing. > Fortunately, several of my children are interested enough to not trash what I > have, and one is actively doing genealogy herself. But for anyone on the list > who would not have that assurance, it is very much something to think about and > plan for. > > Dorrice > > Karen Moss wrote: > > > A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > > I have been searching for a lost branch of my family for several years. > > Finally, a distant cousin said she had run across someone who knew something > > of the family, perhaps it was one he was researching himself. Anyway, > > unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > > exchanged. This cousin contacted the family (that's how she learned of his > > passing) and they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, and as > > such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > > Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > > information will go in the event of our passing. Perhaps it should be > > 'willed' to another family member who is interested in genealogy, or at the > > very least, a library or organization which would put it to best use and not > > let it be lost. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > -- > MZ > > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >