Hi I think it is a good idea to back your files up not just to an external drive but you can use services like Google Drive and Dropbox. They are free for basic accounts. This means if your DVDs or usb sticks or external drives stop working then there is a backup. I still think we should keep paper copies. I know storage becomes a problem but paper will always be readable. However, the disadvantage is you need to use archival quality paper and archival storage boxes.It gets expensive, but I feel better having paper copies. Then you got to consider fire - I know someone that lost 20 years of genealogical research in a fire. My paper copies are in a storage shed. The paper and boxes and storage shed sends me broke but my records are safe lol - 1. B acked up to external drive 2. On Dropbox 3. On Google Drive 4. Paper copies in a storage shed. Regards Chris On 19/07/2016 8:21 PM, Ian & Margaret Kelly via wrote: > Hi Lyn > > I hear what you say but one of the main reasons I bought a digital camera > was because the photo albums were starting to mount up – I have 10 and it > was becoming a real storage problem. We tend to take lots more photos with > digital cameras so soon I would have a room full of photo albums. > > I have all my photos on the computer backed up so should not lose them in > the event of a computer crash, but I do admit that the future technology > changes, as you mention, do concern me a bit. > > Anyone else got any thoughts on this subject? > > Cheers > Ian > > Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] Archival Photo Albums. > > Hi Ian, please print out your photos. If anything goes wrong with your > computer you could lose everything. Also in the future technology > changes could mean you, or your descendants, won't be able to access > them. Don't risk it! > Regards, Lyn > > > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message