Preacher, I would suggest that you buy a CD writer and put all your info on a CD Rom disc. When I bought mine, I paid $229.00 with a $30.00 rebate. That has been almost a year ago and they should have come down some by now. Phil Phil: I have a CD writer and it is great to record family history, pictures and all genealogy data on. It works perfect and will last for ??????? who knows how long. My question still is, In a hundred years or so, will there be any CD readers around to read them?? We all hope so.....but look at the past. How many computers now have 5 1/4" disk drives??? I have dozens...no HUNDREDS of them with no way to read them.......45 RPM records????? Same way, and they are not that old. Computers are changing so rapidly that I am not sure if we can state a "safe" way to store our data. I am not speaking of what we use now, but as the original question was posed, To save the family history for future generations....Our kids and their kids...... As previously stated, I am putting mine in many different formats, in many different places in hopes that some will survive. I believe there is a GOOD chance it will. If any one is really serious about it, you may want to consider putting it in book form and donating a copy to the Library of Congress. I have no idea of the cost, but the Govt. keeps "EVERYTHING". Thanks for the ideas, "Preacher"