Talk about how people have different approaches. I laughed when Margaret Scheffler said she was so glad she had her laptop along when she went out for research, because my attitude has always been that I am glad I am NOT carrying around a lap top and having to worry about its security. I print out Family Sheets with my information on them for just the families I plan to research. They are compact and easy to carry, and I doubt that anyone would want to take them. I also keep my research notes on old fashioned paper. I could never be bothered to retype them into the computer, and lots of the info probably wouldn't ever be entered. So they are paper clipped to my info sheet, and I am ready to do more digging. Each to his own. Mabry Benson