> Make a backup CD and store it in your desk at > work. Etc. This is a good idea but it's even simpler to simply attach a gedcom or backup to an email and send it to yourself at work. Depending on how much work I've done, I can send one an hour or one a month and I can go to bed that night comfortable in the knowledge that the house may burn down around me but my data is safe <g>. I've probably got 40 of those emails in a folder at work. The disk space is minimal and you can delete older emails as necessary. P.S. I also do this for other important files such as my financial records from Quicken and my Outlook Contacts folder. P.P.S. This works equally well with a sibling or cousin. You can store each others files for safekeeping and that keeps everything in the family so you know it won't get lost. Good Hunting! -- Paul aka Graveseeker on Geocaching.com where YOU are the search engine.