In several recent posts, people, like Lee, have stated that they have upwards of 50,000 people in their database. It brings to mind the question - What will happen to all that work after I die? or better yet - What can I do now to preserve that information? Because our databases are not static and change on an almost daily basis, it’s not practical to start printing out 50,000 Individual Reports that you could give to an archive or library because what you print today would possibly be changed by tomorrow. One could write a book that might include a few thousand of those people in it but what happens to all the information you have gathered on all those other thousands of collateral people? I’d be interested in hearing of people’s plans for their TMG databases and also their Second Site websites after they are gone. Thanks. Pat

I recently needed to look up for a friend the FamilySearch guidelines for donated genealogical materials they do and don't want. Since it may be of interest to those following Pat's query, I'll post the link here: https://familysearch.org/sites/default/uploads/Donations-Guidelines-REVISION -12-July-2012.pdf -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pbalkcom via Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:26 AM To: TMG@rootsweb.com Subject: [TMG] Preserving those huge databases In several recent posts, people, like Lee, have stated that they have upwards of 50,000 people in their database. It brings to mind the question - What will happen to all that work after I die? or better yet - What can I do now to preserve that information? Because our databases are not static and change on an almost daily basis, it's not practical to start printing out 50,000 Individual Reports that you could give to an archive or library because what you print today would possibly be changed by tomorrow. One could write a book that might include a few thousand of those people in it but what happens to all the information you have gathered on all those other thousands of collateral people? I'd be interested in hearing of people's plans for their TMG databases and also their Second Site websites after they are gone. Thanks.