A good backup system, please read. Kelly Remy A few weeks ago I submitted my GEDCOM to WorldConnect <http://wc.rootsweb.com/>. I had hoped others would contact me and new family would be found. I have had that happen. However, more importantly, WorldConnect was the backup I needed after my computer completely, totally, absolutely crashed. After getting it up and running again (many hours of sweat and toil later, and only close to tears) I began putting in my software program. Oh, how empty and lonely it looked with not one name instead of nearly 5,000. I then began to insert the numerous floppy disks that I had carefully backed up the program with (my hard drive was wiped clean -- I had nothing). The click and clack of the floppies running were music to my ears. Finally, I inserted the last disk. Within a moment or two a horrible message went up on my monitor. The computer could not read the final disk. I retried several times to no avail. I looked at the little disks that were of no use to me and at my shelves heavy with numerous notebooks stuffed with all of my family research. My fingertips started feeling sore at the thought of the work ahead of me. Suddenly, it occurred to me I could download my family information from the WorldConnect program. I went in and changed information so everything would be available to me. Hitting the download button, I held my breath. A few short minutes later, my genealogy program opened and there was all of my family tree, notes, and documentation. What a gift I had given myself by submitting my family GEDCOM to the WorldConnect program. I certainly had never envisioned using it in this manner. Thank you for having a site where one can upload the information, control what is available to others, yet be able to change those parameters, and know it will not be sold. I am forever in your debt. Thank you. Nancy Hagen <mckayhagen@charter.net> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com