More than happy to help if anyone wants to back up, I would merely burn to Cd and hold. Another option is to give a Cd you have burnt yourself to a friend or family offsite. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zola Ortenburg" <zolaortenburg@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > One of my daughters lives in the fire prone Dandenong's and on days of > Total Fire Ban she forwards her business files to my email, hence having a > complete backup. > Because some on this list are also fire prone I was wondering if we could > set up a system whereby they forward their Family Tree to one person, i.e. > everyone has a predetermined receiver of this valuable information and no > one has more than one persons file. If the sender were to loose their > information it can be recovered via forwarding it to the lister once they > are in a position to receive it back. Obviously the receiver does not open > the file, they act like a bank. > Any thoughts, regards, Zola

I agree burning and keeping a copy in a safe place is great, but what happens if the friend is just down the road and in the same position as you, their house goes up in smoke also. As an example - I have been with my daughter when smoke came streaming up the valley, we left the house with 3 children, 2 dogs, water, woollen blankets and little else and just managed to get out of her road (track) which was already blocked by fire trucks, the computer was still running forwarding files. Zola ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > More than happy to help if anyone wants to back up, I would merely burn to > Cd and hold. > Another option is to give a Cd you have burnt yourself to a friend or > family offsite. > Denise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zola Ortenburg" <zolaortenburg@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:03 AM > Subject: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > > >> One of my daughters lives in the fire prone Dandenong's and on days of >> Total Fire Ban she forwards her business files to my email, hence having >> a complete backup. >> Because some on this list are also fire prone I was wondering if we could >> set up a system whereby they forward their Family Tree to one person, >> i.e. everyone has a predetermined receiver of this valuable information >> and no one has more than one persons file. If the sender were to loose >> their information it can be recovered via forwarding it to the lister >> once they are in a position to receive it back. Obviously the receiver >> does not open the file, they act like a bank. >> Any thoughts, regards, Zola >

Maybe we each need a 'safe email friend' ? W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zola Ortenburg" <zolaortenburg@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > I agree burning and keeping a copy in a safe place is great, but what > happens if the friend is just down the road and in the same position as you, > their house goes up in smoke also. As an example - I have been with my > daughter when smoke came streaming up the valley, we left the house with 3 > children, 2 dogs, water, woollen blankets and little else and just managed > to get out of her road (track) which was already blocked by fire trucks, the > computer was still running forwarding files. Zola > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:07 AM > Subject: Re: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > > > > More than happy to help if anyone wants to back up, I would merely burn to > > Cd and hold. > > Another option is to give a Cd you have burnt yourself to a friend or > > family offsite. > > Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Zola Ortenburg" <zolaortenburg@bigpond.com> > > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:03 AM > > Subject: [HC] Safe records (Chat) > > > > > >> One of my daughters lives in the fire prone Dandenong's and on days of > >> Total Fire Ban she forwards her business files to my email, hence having > >> a complete backup. > >> Because some on this list are also fire prone I was wondering if we could > >> set up a system whereby they forward their Family Tree to one person, > >> i.e. everyone has a predetermined receiver of this valuable information > >> and no one has more than one persons file. If the sender were to loose > >> their information it can be recovered via forwarding it to the lister > >> once they are in a position to receive it back. Obviously the receiver > >> does not open the file, they act like a bank. > >> Any thoughts, regards, Zola > > >