PS..... The tiny url explaining how to save AOL didn't work as suggested. I opened an Email, highlighted it, and hit SAVE AS (HTML). When I clicked it open, it contained a bunch of weird files and did not contain the highlighted message anywhere. When I hit Forward to temporarily save (so I can copy and paste to TMG,) that worked the best. Then I deleted the Forward Email. Terry > On Aug 25, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Taryn L. Phelan <Tphelan100@aol.com> wrote: > > I am playing around with everyone's suggestions about saving or deleting Emails as sources. > What are the pros and cons to saving them as PDF's or downloading Irfanview and saving as JPG? > Out of 500+ Emails, maybe 20 have two pages. The rest are mostly one page. > I attempted to download Irfanview thru File Forum (Editors's Pick), but big red warning page came on when I hit download: "The Site Ahead contains Harmful Programs. Attackers on fileforum.betanews.com might attempt to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience"...... > Terry > > >> On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:03 AM, Christopher Gray <Christopher.Gray@gray-ons.org> wrote: >> >> Good morning Terry, >> >> I would print as a PDF and keep it as an exhibit. >> >> Chris >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf >> Of Terry Phelan via >> Sent: 21 August 2015 00:50 >> To: tmg@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [TMG] Organizing and Editing Sources. In particular, Emails. Delete >> or Keep? >> >> Hi all, >> I've decided to go through my Emails and delete as many as I could since I >> have over 700 now. LOL. Probably 500 are Emails from distant cousins that I >> wrote to when I discovered them and they responded with a plethora of info >> about their families. I added their info into TMG and cited the Email with >> date, sender and recipient info, etc. In paring down, I 've decided that I >> certainly do not want to print out hard copies and then delete the Emails >> since I do not want all that paperwork. In many cases, I don't have this >> info anywhere else so I have to cite a particular Email. I think I just >> really want to cite and delete the Email. >> I am single, and my nieces and nephews are not interested in genealogy >> nor would they ever read 500 Emails from strangers discussing family info if >> I kept the Emails. Is it irresponsible of me to use the source and delete it >> when it is the only proof of new people, their data and info about their >> families? If these were conversations that we had, the source would have no >> hard copy to back it up. Or even the source Personal Knowledge has no hard >> copy back up. >> AOL only allows me to archive these Emails in AOL mail so I can't even >> copy or move them to a personal file on my computer. I'm not sure if I want >> all this data anymore. I'm on overload with trying to be the family recorder >> and much of this is from very distant relatives. I already have two file >> cabinets at my house with birth, marriage, and death certs (paper copies) of >> my closer relatives. I have also scanned these and put them in my computer >> file. Too many papers! >> What are your thoughts on keeping these Emails of every person you've >> ever researched because it is now a source in TMG? >> Thanks, Terry >> >> >> >> The TMG archive is found here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >>