Hi Cousins I am sorry to report that my Indiana Bower Continuum page is no longer up and running. I thought I had backed up all my files but when the site went down and I tried to reload, there was nothing on my disc. I don't know how to find things in caches or where any of it could be hiding, So until sometime after New Years, unless I find it somehow, it is gone. At least I have most of it on hard copy and can retype all of it but not right. I just can't face it right now. Just wish I knew why it went down and took everything with it. Maybe I won't do it at all. In the year and a half it was up, I only had about 54 visitors, not many for over 400 hrs work. Oh,well, at least I have a good business and a good family and a vacation(one week after Christmas)(first in 21 years) and you all. What more could anyone want?"""""MY WEB PAGES"""" Sorry, didn't mean to yell. Have a good life, give much love, receive more love and live for today. Wanda wmrobert@nalu.net

Wanda, I'm so sorry! I feel your disappointment, anger and frustration. Web pages are strange creatures to those of us (me!) who don't know how they work. But no one should have to lose it all! I was one of your visitors, and found a few things for another Bower researcher. Take heart. You may have the strength to put it up again! Relax, enjoy your family and friends, and see what January brings. Barbara Bower Yorktown, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Roberts" <wmrobert@nalu.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: [BOWER] RE: Indiana Continuum > > Hi Cousins > I am sorry to report that my Indiana Bower Continuum page is no longer > up and running. I thought I had backed up all my files but when the > site went down and I tried to reload, there was nothing on my disc. I > don't know how to find things in caches or where any of it could be > hiding, > So until sometime after New Years, unless I find it somehow, it is > gone. > At least I have most of it on hard copy and can retype all of it but > not right. I just can't face it right now. > Just wish I knew why it went down and took everything with it. > Maybe I won't do it at all. In the year and a half it was up, I only > had about 54 visitors, not many for over 400 hrs work. > Oh,well, at least I have a good business and a good family and a > vacation(one week after Christmas)(first in 21 years) and you all. > What more could anyone want?"""""MY WEB PAGES"""" Sorry, didn't mean > to yell. > Have a good life, give much love, receive more love and live for > today. > Wanda > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > >

Hi Wanda, I'm so sorry. As one of your frequent visitor, I feel terrible for your lost. If you do decide to "rebuild", let me know. I have some of the data I had submitted in electronic form still. Enjoy your vacation! Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Roberts" <wmrobert@nalu.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: [BOWER] RE: Indiana Continuum > > Hi Cousins > I am sorry to report that my Indiana Bower Continuum page is no longer > up and running. I thought I had backed up all my files but when the > site went down and I tried to reload, there was nothing on my disc. I > don't know how to find things in caches or where any of it could be > hiding, > So until sometime after New Years, unless I find it somehow, it is > gone. > At least I have most of it on hard copy and can retype all of it but > not right. I just can't face it right now. > Just wish I knew why it went down and took everything with it. > Maybe I won't do it at all. In the year and a half it was up, I only > had about 54 visitors, not many for over 400 hrs work. > Oh,well, at least I have a good business and a good family and a > vacation(one week after Christmas)(first in 21 years) and you all. > What more could anyone want?"""""MY WEB PAGES"""" Sorry, didn't mean > to yell. > Have a good life, give much love, receive more love and live for > today. > Wanda > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Wanda, Keep your disk and when you have a chance, check with several friends who have a computer and see if they are able to read the disk. Be sure to check it for viruses. My husband recently had an experience where they thought they lost a week's worth of presentations which they had not backed up on the network drive but had printed out a draft and also had it on a floppy disk. For some reason, the secretary's computer would not read the disk and neither would 2 other computers. They finally found one that was able to access the information. They still have not figured out why this happened. Computers can sometimes act like they have a mind of their own!