You're very welcome, Meg. Yes, we family historians sure do go through the binders (and bookshelves, too) Because even with digital records, it is critically important to retain "hard copies" of all of your research. The big problem, for me, with binders is now that I know what to do with my digital files after I am gone, is --- what do I do with my binders? Do I have someone who might want them and care for them? Many new genealogists have come to believe that everything that they might want to know about their ancestors will be found on the internet. That is wrong. You still need to examine original copies of church and civil records, including passenger lists, immigration information, obituaries, newspaper articles, articles in books, reference books, etc. And you end up making copies or scans of those. That's what the binders are for. Ray -----Original Message----- From: iMeg Kenagy Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 1:12 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Preserving Your Family History Records Digitally Thank you, Ray, for the link to Preserving Your Family History Records Digitally. It's great to have all this information in one place--realize I have to get more organized, but who knew my search to find information on a grandfather would lead me to 10 binders and a stack of CDs! Meg Kenagy [email protected]