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mike175
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For real future long term security I'd put everything down on good old fashioned good quality paper rather than trust ANY form of modern technology!!!!
Couldn't agree more, Carole. Computers and the Internet have transformed family history research, but if anyone imagines today's digital storage media will still be around in a few decades, let alone centuries, let them remember the Sinclair Microdrive, or try to buy a 78rpm record player or even a cassette tape player . . . ok, I'm sure there are still plenty around at the moment, and possibly even still being made, but as soon as the next latest thing comes along they rapidly disappear.
I'll carry on using the computer and the Internet, but If I ever manage to finish writing and binding my book, I think I might try lodging a copy with a museum or history society as suggested above . . . something I hadn't considered before.
An ancestry chart on parchment . . . now that is an interesting idea . . . better brush up on the calligraphy . . . 
Mike.
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Trees
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How about lodging a copy with your will at the solicitors office with instructions that it is to be added to by whoever inherits it and put a copy in your local Record Office . I think mine would need to go into just about every county Record Office the ancestors seem to cover sooo much ground  and put it on the web.
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mike175
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Another excellent idea, Trees. Much food for thought on this thread.
Mike.
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Lynn H
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I have all the information on paper, i print everything i get. I have lost all my computer info twice now, so its all in print. I only use computer for research. Thankyou all for your advice though you have given me some great ideas to keep it going.
Lynn. 
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Su
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Your son is only young Lynn. I didn't begin to get interested until I was in my forties. I only began proper research in my fifties when I got hooked.
I have made ring binders for my daughter and all my nephews and nieces, and presented them with them whether they were interested or not.
Now two nieces show a great deal of interest, and I have made proper books for them with photo's and certificates.
My nephews showed no interest (even though one on his Mother's side had Spanish and American ancestors ..I'd die for something like that). The other nephew's small son, was given school work on family history. He took the ring binder in to show his teacher, who made a great fuss over it, delighting my great nephew so much that he began to take an interest.
So it might not be this generation of your family, but the next that carry on your work. So make sure your son knows that it is his responsibility to keep your research whether he personally wants it or not, to pass on to the next generation.
Maybe you can get him interested not only by making the web site, but by asking him to try to find an ancestor for you on a census. Tell him you just can't find them (even if you have already). When he finds them, tell him what a great researcher he is. Then ask him to try and trace another.. after that he should be hooked
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drodgers34
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For real future long term security I'd put everything down on good old fashioned good quality paper rather than trust ANY form of modern technology!!!! Couldn't agree more, Carole. Computers and the Internet have transformed family history research, but if anyone imagines today's digital storage media will still be around in a few decades, let alone centuries, let them remember the Sinclair Microdrive, or try to buy a 78rpm record player or even a cassette tape player . . . ok, I'm sure there are still plenty around at the moment, and possibly even still being made, but as soon as the next latest thing comes along they rapidly disappear. I'll carry on using the computer and the Internet, but If I ever manage to finish writing and binding my book, I think I might try lodging a copy with a museum or history society as suggested above . . . something I hadn't considered before. An ancestry chart on parchment . . . now that is an interesting idea . . . better brush up on the calligraphy . . . Mike.
I have high hopes for USB keys and SD chups. They might lose theur cherge over time but as they are now used by photographers too they might still be able to be read in the future
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Sylviaann
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My trouble is I have 24 ring binders containing information about the various branches of the family. Who is going to want to keep all that. I don't know what a solicitor would do with it. It's not just a tree we have, it's all the other things like certificates and census. I told my daughter, who is not interested, to put them in a box and store them in the loft. Someone in future generations may want to know.
When my mother-in-law died my bro-in-law told me about all the certificates she had, which they threw out, even though they knew I was doing the family history.
I've just started going through my mother's side again. I estimate it will take 2 years. When it is done I will send a copy on disk to every cousin on that side whose address I know. I did that with my father's side. I'll have to hope that they can transfer it to different storage.
Having seen so many family heirlooms sold on Flog it and such like programmes I can only hope some will be interested.
A few years ago I did send a hard copy of a little book to the relevant family history society but I have so much more now and the ancestors are from so many counties.
Meanwhile I will just enjoy the research and hope for the best.
Sylviaann
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mike175
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I have high hopes for USB keys and SD chups. They might lose theur cherge over time but as they are now used by photographers too they might still be able to be read in the future
Hmmmm . . . I bought a 2gB USB memory stick and copied all my data files to it . . . but then I apparently tried to transfer a file that overflowed it's capacity. It now produces a "write protected" error, and no amount of low-level formatting will make it usable again. So I no longer have high hopes for any form of digital storage media, apart from short-term backup storage.
Of course paper documents can fade . . . or can be destroyed by water or fire . . . but I still think they are the best bet. After all there are millions of documents that have survived centuries, even millennia. I might have to give the parchment idea a miss for now though, since I checked the price! 
Mike.
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stevenson
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I think we all have family members who think that our hobbie is a bit of an obsession......and we are all a bit weird
But......I do worry...not only about who will take care of the tree....
(just give it on disc's to all family members however distant in relative or mind)...........
but after spending hours in gloves looking at old documents...........I do wonder if a paper trail would survive more than a computer disc.
Dead sea scrolls do come to mind
Do think we should all be running to the desert to bury our records 
Steve
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Lynn H
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Hi Christopher, what a brilliant idea that is.
My kids would be more than happy to help with that, if it meant money in their pockets. I might even suggest that they write it and take the credit for it, if it keeps the history going.
Wonderful Idea.
Lynn.
By the way, Happy New Year.
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Christopher
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Happy New Year to you too Lynn.
May I have an autographed copy of the book when it's published please?
Christopher
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Lynn H
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