Just some ideas... Back up all your family files, photos on a memory stick. Keep the memory stick in a fire proof safety box off-site if possible. Pass information etc. around to family members. If you have made a booklet, perhaps a copy to your local family history centre or library. (;-)) Edna - snowy Ottawa

Hello from Brisbane where our beautiful city is suffering tragic losses and so many will lose their precious memories. Families having to leave their homes for the evacuation centres are being reminded to take their photos along with other essentials, and they are saying, your family's history is also the history of our city. Good to see that recognised. Also on TV today a conservation expert giving advice to those who have had photos and precious books such as family bibles water damaged, is to wrap the items tightly in plastic wrap (called Glad Wrap here) and put in the freezer to stop mildew. They can be dried out at a later date and hopefully restored at least partially. By chance yesterday I was reading a Photography magazine with an article on professional photographers who have lost their entire electronic files when external back up hard drives failed. They said they often become faulty after three years or even less. I imagine that could also happen to a memory stick. Their suggestion was to have several different external drives stored in different locations and replace the drives after three years. Thank you to those who have sent messages of support. I certainly hope that no fellow family historians lose their computers aed documents. Regards Rosemary Meadows (We are safe as our house is on the top of a hill) On 9 January 2011 01:19, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Just some ideas... > > Back up all your family files, photos on a memory stick. Keep the memory > stick > in a fire proof safety box off-site if possible. Pass information etc. > around to > family members. If you have made a booklet, perhaps a copy to your local > family history centre or library. > > (;-)) > > Edna - snowy Ottawa > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kind regards Rosemary Meadows

Hi Rosemary, We have been thinking of you all in the midst of those nasty floods. Glad to hear that you are safe. Hang in there. Hugs, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Meadows" <27.meadows@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] Saving family photographs etc. Hello from Brisbane where our beautiful city is suffering tragic losses and so many will lose their precious memories. Families having to leave their homes for the evacuation centres are being reminded to take their photos along with other essentials, and they are saying, your family's history is also the history of our city. Good to see that recognised. Also on TV today a conservation expert giving advice to those who have had photos and precious books such as family bibles water damaged, is to wrap the items tightly in plastic wrap (called Glad Wrap here) and put in the freezer to stop mildew. They can be dried out at a later date and hopefully restored at least partially. By chance yesterday I was reading a Photography magazine with an article on professional photographers who have lost their entire electronic files when external back up hard drives failed. They said they often become faulty after three years or even less. I imagine that could also happen to a memory stick. Their suggestion was to have several different external drives stored in different locations and replace the drives after three years. Thank you to those who have sent messages of support. I certainly hope that no fellow family historians lose their computers aed documents. Regards Rosemary Meadows (We are safe as our house is on the top of a hill)