Definately don't throw them away. If that ever crosses your mind, donate them to a genealogical society. On 12/27/05, Mike Disbrow <dizzy@michweb.net> wrote: > > >From - Mike Disbrow, list manager > > After a long break from doing anything with the Disbrow web site, I have > decided to make a few changes. Over the next few weeks I will be "tweaking" > the web site in ways I hope will make it more useful and helpful. > > Today I added eleven "Disbrow Descendants Reports" to the site, which were > previously only available from me by mail in printed form or on CD. I > decided this information could be very valuable to those working on the > various Disbrow families that are outlined in these reports, and may be a > good starting point for those doing research on these lines. The Reports > are in the form of Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files, and can be accessed from the > following page: > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5853/reports.html > > If you have a slow internet connection (as I do) the files may take up to > a minute to open, but none of the files are very large. You can scroll > through the pages to read the report, and each one has an all-name index at > the end. You can also print out the pages, or save them in any storage > medium you like. I only ask that you do not alter the information in them > in any way. If you find something you think is wrong or needs amending, or > a link that doesn't work, let me know. > > Most of you probably already have an Adobe Acrobat reader in your > computer, but if not, you can download a free version of it at the following > website: > > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html > > On another note: > I'm trying to find ideas for what to do with all the thousands of records > I have here. Over the years, as you can imagine, I've collected a lot of > different kinds of genealogical records, both from my own research and from > the hundreds of others who contributed their own research data to me. I > condensed a lot of it down for the purpose of the books I've had printed, > and for the Descendants Reports above, but there's so many more bits and > pieces of data that either can't be categorized or couldn't be used because > of space restrictions or some other reason. I'm looking forward to > retirement in a few years and at that time my wife and I plan on moving to a > smaller place. I won't be able to continue to store all this material, most > of which is in paper form, but I don't want to discard it either, because of > the potential value it may have to future family researchers. I'm open to > any ideas our subscribers may have as to what to do with it all. Of course > the idea would be t! > o make the records available. I do have the ability to scan here, and to > save to CD, or DVD. But even if I go the effort and time it will take to > scan and save, what then do I do with the original papers? Throw them > away? I'm sure others have faced this same problem. Any good answers out > there? > > Mike > > > ==== DISBROW Mailing List ==== > The Disbrow Family Web Site: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5853 > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >