Lee/GentlePeople, I am currently using a DSL line for my ftp uploads. I create the needed directories on the server and do all the transfers with one script. The DSL link "definitely" will help anyone's performance over modem speeds. I can't tell you if it's the speed of the DSL or the automated ftp transfer scripts because I've never done the manual method over a slower link. How long does it take to transfer a years worth of death records for others?? Here's some of the times I'm seeing for various tasks: 1) Download one year's death records from state site: about 2 minutes 2) Manually load the raw text file into Access 2000: about 3 minutes 3) Run script to generate each county text file: about 2 hours, 15 minutes 4) Run script to generate ftp file transfer script: about 2 minutes 5) Run ftp script to transfer data: about 30 minutes As a side note, I've still got bugs and more automation to do. Like Phil, I'm having problems with some of the files NOT transferring automatically. I hope to figure that out. I'll manually move them to get them to their correct location. Out of the 2 years I just finished, there was maybe a dozen files that did not transfer for some reason. Hope this helps?? TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: Lee Nave [mailto:leenave@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:25 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! What is the secret? DSL? Automation? -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:29 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! Chuck, I am amazed that you did this today. It looks like you did both 1969 and 1970 today. Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001. ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.