Hi Everyone: Today while thinking I'm truly tired of all this rain.<G> A thought came to me about Hurricane season and are we genealogically prepared? 1. Have we made copies of all our important documents? 2. Have we placed these copies in a separate location, such as safety deposit box, at one of our children's homes, or at a relatives in another state? 3. Of the documents that we do have in our home, are they in a location that is temperature controlled? Not in garages or in attics. 4. Do we have these documents in containers, such as the plastic ones, which can help protect these precious documents from flood or water damage? 5. Have we made a recent back up, if not two or three of our genealogical data bases? I Bring these above items to mind, Since this is the time of year when thunderstorms are the norm and many computers crash. Not to mention, the loss of all information on our hard drives. Then to think of all the flooding going on and the moister. We truly should evaluate whether or not we are taking care of our hard work for our posterity. Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com