This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00DC_01C0B716.7220F560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am passing this on with Peggy's permission. She has a great idea of what = to do with the books (see #5) to make sure they go where she wants them = to go. I know it is long, but worth reading.I am going to do the #5 this = week-end. This is a good idea for anything we have. Gloria jgmott@wcoil.com I can't tell you how tender this subject is to my heart. I give quite a = few=20 lectures and seminars where I live, and I always conclude with this same = subject. Here are some of my ideas: 1. Make and keep yourself organized throughout all of your years of=20 research. If it looks like a jumbled mess, no one will want to take the = time=20 to straighten it out. If it is in a good order, with good = documentation,=20 then they will be more likely to preserve what you worked so hard on. 2. Put your information on a disk and send it to the Ancestral File at = the=20 Family History Department of the LDS Church. It will be preserved. =20 Periodically edit and update your info. 3. Give a disk to one of your relatives, and put one into an emergency = pack=20 (like a 72-hour kit) so that if you have to evacuate your house quickly, = your=20 research will not have gone up in smoke. 4. If you would like to give a hard copy to relatives, here's an idea. = Download it onto a disk and take it to a place like Office Max during = one of=20 their copy sales. They will run it through their high-speed copier and = it=20 will lessen the load on your printer. One of our places here in town = charges=20 just 2 cents if you bring your own paper. 5. Finally, I have collected and amassed a tremendous amount of paper = and=20 books. Some books I have made ~ notebooks full of info. Some I have = bought=20 or ordered. I don't want it just packed up and given to Goodwill or = sold at=20 an auction. So, on my label-maker program, I made up a bunch of labels = and=20 printed them off on neon -yellow labels. It is placed inside the front = cover=20 of each of these books. It simply says: "Please donate this book to the Mansfield Family History Center = in the=20 name of Peggy Clemens LAURITZEN" or "Please donate this book to the Ohio = Genealogical Society in the name of Peggy Clemens LAURITZEN" or "Please = pass=20 this book along to _____". The latter may be intended for a friend or=20 family member. Hopefully, this will be helpful to a grieving family when they may not = be=20 thinking straight. Peggy Clemens Lauritzen LDS and Professional Genealogist Searching SE KY and SW VA "Succ