Sherry, I've often wondered if I was doing this for nothing, too. My 2 grown sons don't seem to be the least interested in carrying on my work. I have a hard time getting info out of my present day relatives, so I'm not sure any of them would want it either. I'd like to hear what the majority of the answers you receive think. In the meantime, use that CD burner to back up your work at least weekly so you don't lose info. I use a SparQ zip drive(which went out of business leaving me with only 3 cartridges) to copy my work. I would be devastated to have a crash and lose those countless hours of work.------Sherry Crawford -----Original Message----- From: Sherry Bell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 1:55 AM Subject: [WVMINGO] Preserving our Family History >Hi all, > >I need a bumper sticker that says, "I survived a computer crash!". Actually I didnt survive it too much at all, a lot was lost that I will have to work at putting together again. >I started my genealogy research just a little over a year ago, and in that time have aquired quite a bit of information on my ancestors. I have often wondered what other people do to preserve the information that they get. Because of my computer crashing this week it has this question at the top of my priorities. So I am writing to all of the lists that I am a part of to get as many of your opinions as possible. My ultimate goal is to take all the long hours of work that I do in this and preserve it so that my children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren...bottom line is: I want someone to know who I am 100, 200 years from now when I am long gone!