Listers, In our constantly changing world I find it is the hardest thing to know where to store my data. I don't agree with having to subscribe to websites such as Ancestry and Genes Reunited etc and believe if you wish to publish it should either be made freely available or available to purchase from the researcher, not a web host! Back to where to store the information we have gathered though. I have gone from paper, to floppy discs, to cd's, to memory sticks, to external hard drives and most recently "the Cloud". I don't know if this is the correct approach and it doesn't help with storing original material that I have inherited or generated such as photos, certificates and a family bible. These I have taken some digital copies of but the originals need proper archiving. We really do need to be experts in so many areas, from a historian, a researcher, a technology guru to even an archivist- what a hobby we have all undertaken. Lisa > On 1 Jan 2014, at 17:53, "maxban1938@yahoo.com.au" <maxban1938@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > natural disasters, wars etc. > It initially cost me about $20.00 to join and having been a member for about > five years now only costs about $15.00 as they give a small loyalty discount

Dear List, The discussion on keeping research couldn't have come at a more appropriate time for me. I have only just rejoined the list because of a computer problem.(My other email address disappeared )In October last year I suffered a GCC (Great computer Crash) and lost all my data on my hard drive when it "Fried". I think the technical term is burnt out. I had not backed anything up externally and except for a small amount of data I had kept on a thumb drive for another organisation I belong to, everything went. To cut a long story short three months and over a thousand dollars later a data recovery firm retrieved my photos and most of my files. I bought a new computer and thought I could reconstruct my family tree material using the original Reunion disk. NO. The latest Apple OS system "does not support" a third party disk or so it said. I'm contacting the people I bought the program from to see what I can do. Luckily any of the details I had stored on Ancestry.com were not lost, The moral of this story is always back up your data externally every day. I do now. As well as others have suggested I'm exploring ways of replicating my records both digitally and in written form. Its great to be back on the list and I'm looking forward to reading all your interesting posts and learning more about.   Julie On Thursday, 2 January 2014 8:55 AM, Lisa Apfel <apfel1@bigpond.com> wrote: Listers, In our constantly changing world I find it is the hardest thing to know where to store my data. I don't agree with having to subscribe to websites such as Ancestry and Genes Reunited etc and believe if you wish to publish it should either be made freely available or available to purchase from the researcher, not a web host! Back to where to store the information we have gathered though. I have gone from paper, to floppy discs, to cd's, to memory sticks, to external hard drives and most recently "the Cloud". I don't know if this is the correct approach and it doesn't help with storing original material that I have inherited or generated such as photos, certificates and a family bible. These I have taken some digital copies of but the originals need proper archiving. We really do need to be experts in so many areas, from a historian, a researcher, a technology guru to even an archivist- what a hobby we have all undertaken. Lisa > On 1 Jan 2014, at 17:53, "maxban1938@yahoo.com.au" <maxban1938@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > natural disasters, wars etc. > It initially cost me about $20.00 to join and having been a member for about > five years now only costs about $15.00 as they give a small loyalty discount ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear List, >From bitter experience I believe in multiple redundancies ("tell me three times" if you are a reader of Robert Heinlein). I back up to the "Cloud", have hard copy, share wherever I can, back up onto an external hard-drive, have on-line trees (though these are not my priority). My biggest hassles over the years have been computer changeovers and crashes, dating right back to 5 1/4" floppy discs on (embarrassed moment here) Microbee using Wordstar. As someone else said, photographs and documents are another issue - but I'm gradually scanning those items at the highest reasonable resolution (in .tif format). I'm told there are also archive facilities online (Pandora, Wayback Machine, other?) but I haven't used them. If you are using iMac you will have an external "Time Machine" backup facility and this can be programmed to happen automatically. I keep alternating two "time machines" every month or so. If you go on holidays, leave one of them with a friend. I have a distant relative and fellow researcher who carries a copy of all her research on a portable external hard drive in her handbag. Good luck with the Reunion disc. On 2 January 2014 10:40, Julie Apps <jmapps@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear List, > > The discussion on keeping research couldn't have come at a more > appropriate time for me. I have only just rejoined the list because of a > computer problem.(My other email address disappeared )In October last year > I suffered a GCC (Great computer Crash) and lost all my data on my hard > drive when it "Fried". I think the technical term is burnt out. I had not > backed anything up externally and except for a small amount of data I had > kept on a thumb drive for another organisation I belong to, everything > went. To cut a long story short three months and over a thousand dollars > later a data recovery firm retrieved my photos and most of my files. I > bought a new computer and thought I could reconstruct my family tree > material using the original Reunion disk. NO. The latest Apple OS system > "does not support" a third party disk or so it said. I'm contacting the > people I bought the program from to see what I can do. Luckily any of the > details I had stored on > Ancestry.com were not lost, > > The moral of this story is always back up your data externally every day. > I do now. As well as others have suggested I'm exploring ways of > replicating my records both digitally and in written form. > Its great to be back on the list and I'm looking forward to reading all > your interesting posts and learning more about. > > > Julie > > > > > > On Thursday, 2 January 2014 8:55 AM, Lisa Apfel <apfel1@bigpond.com> > wrote: > > Listers, > In our constantly changing world I find it is the hardest thing to know > where to store my data. I don't agree with having to subscribe to websites > such as Ancestry and Genes Reunited etc and believe if you wish to publish > it should either be made freely available or available to purchase from the > researcher, not a web host! > Back to where to store the information we have gathered though. I have > gone from paper, to floppy discs, to cd's, to memory sticks, to external > hard drives and most recently "the Cloud". I don't know if this is the > correct approach and it doesn't help with storing original material that I > have inherited or generated such as photos, certificates and a family > bible. These I have taken some digital copies of but the originals need > proper archiving. We really do need to be experts in so many areas, from a > historian, a researcher, a technology guru to even an archivist- what a > hobby we have all undertaken. > Lisa > > > > On 1 Jan 2014, at 17:53, "maxban1938@yahoo.com.au" < > maxban1938@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > > > natural disasters, wars etc. > > It initially cost me about $20.00 to join and having been a member for > about > > five years now only costs about $15.00 as they give a small loyalty > discount > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jennifer