I have created a master Project, is it advisable to keep the original Gedcom and all the attached media files, to me it seems pointless with a duplicate set of files which do not update when entering new information, any advice on this would be appreciated. John

John says: <snippet> I have created a master Project, is it advisable to keep the original Gedcom and all the attached media files, to me it seems pointless with a duplicate set of files which do not update when entering new information, any advice on this would be appreciated. <snippet> You only need to keep the original Gedcom and media files until you have created backups of your master Project. The File > Backup/Restore command in FH V5 offers three options: 1) Small (Gedcom only) 2) Medium (Gedcom & Data folder including Media files) 3) Full (Gedcom & Data & Public folders) However, if kept on the same disk drive, these only protect against accidental corruption of your Project data. This may result from human error, or software errors in FH or Plugins, or other programs such as Ancestral Sources. They may NOT protect against PC or Disk failure, theft, fire, flood, power surges, lightening, etc. So all your data, not just FH Projects, should be backed up regularly to some external storage. For more detailed advise see the FHUG Knowledge Base at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=glossary:backup_and_recovery Happy New Year, Mike Tate