tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post7387366369594553152..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Preserving Paper Treasures: What's New Today is Obsolete TomorrowOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-7721633575242305902016-08-12T09:22:15.061-04:002016-08-12T09:22:15.061-04:00I have been putting most of the pictures & doc...I have been putting most of the pictures & documents into photo albums as well as saving them to flash drives AND an external drive. When my mother passed away 9 yrs ago we found a steamer trunk in her basement that held a treasure trove of documents from her mother. I will never part with them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390952273643917915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-62924315798035404182013-12-19T07:40:19.931-05:002013-12-19T07:40:19.931-05:00Elwyn - absolutely! Our descendants are likely to ...Elwyn - absolutely! Our descendants are likely to have few photos of us since most of us rarely print them.<br /><br />I will be writing about this in a future blog post so stay tuned!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-81820825131368892052013-12-19T07:39:18.032-05:002013-12-19T07:39:18.032-05:00Anita - glad you are following along, and feel fre...Anita - glad you are following along, and feel free to jump in with suggestions if you want!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-65611855888311855672013-12-19T07:38:47.321-05:002013-12-19T07:38:47.321-05:00Good point The Grandmother Here - I believe as you...Good point The Grandmother Here - I believe as you do, we should remember our ancestorsOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-2329417464098509102013-12-19T07:38:14.015-05:002013-12-19T07:38:14.015-05:00Eric - I agree. I believe in multiple backups and ...Eric - I agree. I believe in multiple backups and copies - and not putting all one's eggs in one basketOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-61927627838217159322013-12-18T10:14:54.341-05:002013-12-18T10:14:54.341-05:00YEs. It's an excellent article and I shared it...YEs. It's an excellent article and I shared it on my networks. I always like to see these kinds of articles because we take technology and digitizing for granted—or simply too complicated to deal with. But I always tell folks to have redundancy. A hard copy of a document or image is a major part of archiving.Eric Basirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724086321457345147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-78247570470327776952013-12-18T04:24:19.297-05:002013-12-18T04:24:19.297-05:00I'm with 'The Grandmother Here' and &#...I'm with 'The Grandmother Here' and 'Eric', and also would like to suggest photographs need printing out too!Elwyn Crawfordhttp://www.rechercheframing.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-19994865986722663782013-12-18T01:20:58.493-05:002013-12-18T01:20:58.493-05:00I am eagerly anticipating your future posts on thi...I am eagerly anticipating your future posts on this subject. This is a topic that needs consideration!!<br />AnitaBhttp://aneatabee.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-86075578438685754082013-12-17T18:51:09.544-05:002013-12-17T18:51:09.544-05:00Good message: Digitize it, but don't trash it!...Good message: Digitize it, but don't trash it!Eric Basirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724086321457345147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-25017825963326278172013-12-17T11:37:43.706-05:002013-12-17T11:37:43.706-05:00I'm looking forward to your advice because my ...I'm looking forward to your advice because my anti-clutter children worry me. Our ancestors just want to be remembered.The Grandmother Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001005292502504358noreply@blogger.com