In a message dated 11/12/2003 8:24:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, Pat125@erols.com writes: > I just can't resist jumping in here. One thing, after visiting the Friend > s Library in Friendsville, I know you need to organize your work (or > donation) because no one there will recognize the pictures of your ancestors > that are donated without names, nor will there be a volunteer on hand to > sort through your paperwork and put together all the loose ends that you > could not fit together. I agree. That's why I think it would be best to combine my floppies and hard copy information to CDs in alpha order by surname. Then it would be easy to read and search using the CD. Maybe even one CD per alpha. Then they could be easily accessed, searched and/or copied . . . they hold a gazillion files and 26 CD's would take up no significant room at all. Space is a premium everywhere you go. Now all I have to do is find the time to file manage all of this. Lois > > Direct line genealogy papers are usually accepted IF they are in a > (suitable) stand up notebook. As for the "misfit" pieces, they too should > be organized into some sort of "file-able" format. I have purchased > research material from Garrett County which is already on file in the > Historical Society and the local library, (they don't need a second copy) > but I think it might be of interest to other libraries in Maryland. Why not > donate your copies to them? I file all of my miscellaneous data in plastic > sleeves (archival), a 'school book type' notebook and they are ready to go > on a shelf in a library that doesn't already have this information. I must > admit, someone else may have to do an index. > >

I keep wondering if CD's and floppies will still be around 10 years from now. Connie