Earl, > I've never tried this but I will try to see if I can even do it. I have never printed to a PDF. That's a good idea for multiple pages, right? I don't have many of those, but I am going to experiment with my printer. Thanks, Terry > > > > >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Earl Bonneau <e.bonneau@cox.net> wrote: >> >> Instead of printing to paper, try printing to a PDF file and then attach >> that to the source. Then Backup. Then you can delete the e-mail. You should >> have some PDF Printers on your computer (I have several) . I tried the PDF >> Printer from Microsoft with no problem. The one from Whollygenes gave me an >> error message. >> >> This is a method I've used for e-mails. There is also cut and paste, >> Microsoft snippet, Onenote, Evernote, for web pages, etc. >> >> Earl Bonneau >> >> -----Original Message----- >> 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 >>