>From: "Barbara Shepard Smith" <wataptek131@verizon.net> > >Hi Betty, with regard to all the precious information. I have scanned over >100 years of photos, papers, and backed up genealogy programs to discs, and >put them all in a safety deposit box at the bank, I think it cost me $40 a >year for rent. Well worth it, Articles and radio reports on emergency planning talk about important papers, including not only your key genealogical papers but also the deed to your house, proof of insurance, etc. They suggest having copies of important information outside your home -- in a safe deposit box, your office, a relative's home, etc. For important papers you keep at home, they suggest keeping them together, preferably in a box marked "Emergency Papers" that you can easily grab if you have to leave because of fire or flood. Carol B.