You are correct and I forgot to mention that weekly updates are taken to work in another City, and sent to family in Arizona. I have a copy of a friends file and she has mine (zip drives and installed on our computers) and a coworker keeps a copy at her home. Every couple of months I send a backup to my Uncle in another city in CA. Copies of the actual documents & more backups are housed in fireproof boxes and stored in a warehouse that also has it's own protection. I have been doing genealogy for 55 years -- started at age 12 -- and could not afford to lose my items. I know my method is not full-proof. But I am hoping I have it pretty well covered. Sharon in So. California

Sharon, You said "I am hoping I have it pretty well covered." If every one took the care to back up as well as you do, loss of data would be practically unheard of. Aloha, John -----Original Message----- From: GenBound@aol.com [mailto:GenBound@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:50 PM To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Re: Backing Up Files You are correct and I forgot to mention that weekly updates are taken to work in another City, and sent to family in Arizona. I have a copy of a friends file and she has mine (zip drives and installed on our computers) and a coworker keeps a copy at her home. Every couple of months I send a backup to my Uncle in another city in CA. Copies of the actual documents & more backups are housed in fireproof boxes and stored in a warehouse that also has it's own protection. I have been doing genealogy for 55 years -- started at age 12 -- and could not afford to lose my items. I know my method is not full-proof. But I am hoping I have it pretty well covered. Sharon in So. California ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAF-5-USERS/