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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:42
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:22:53 -0400, knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >On 7/31/2010 5:21 AM, Lesley Robertson wrote: > >Paper last, but how many documents do you have that are one hundred >years old. In 4 shelves of family-related documents, I may have a dozen photos that are more than 100 years old, as well as the B/M/D pages of my maternal grandmother's family Bible (only the center pages survived poor storage before I got it). I have a few others, such as a bill of sale for some of the materials used in the construction of my maternal grandparents' house, that are approaching the century mark. I've scanned all the paper I have, plus documents I could borrow, in hopes that it can be transferred to future digital media. My data collection is backed up on CDs, DVDs, and multiple hard drives. I occasionally leave a copy with one of the kids for off-site storage (each one lives in a different state). I'm aware of plastic media (CDs in particular) having short/unpredictable life - possibly related more to the atmospheric sealing the top suface provides for the metal film than to the quality of the recording surface. Regardless of the media, there must be someone in every generation who cares enough about family history to preserve the then-available records. Our adult children care, and our grandchildren (early elementary school) are becoming interested. Having an annual family reunion where they get to know distant relatives and having family from four states at one house for Christmas all help with making and keeping connections. John
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