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- An external hard-drive, which I backup to monthly, more if I have added a lot of information in a day or week.
- I email myself a copy of my gedcom on a monthly basis, in case my computer and external hard-drive fail.
- I have a Geni family tree which has names, dates, events and photos.
What I need to do:
- I am currently transcribing all the documents I have into my genealogy program. Following that I will need to scan them and link them in the program. This will protect my paper resources, if anything should happen to my apartment.
- I need to upload my scanned photos to my newly created Flickr account in case something happens to my computer and external hard-drive.
- I need to scan more photos, as I would be devastated if I lost some of these.
- I need to start saving a copy of my blog monthly to my computer and hard-drive, in case Blogger has a problem and loses it.
I highly recommend you, too, have a data backup plan that you are following. It would be horrible to lose all your work when there are such simple things to do.
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Amanda, I hadn't thought of emailing myself a GEDCOM as a backup. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteHi T.K. Thank you! Glad it helped your data backup:-)
ReplyDeleteHi, I just decided to also follow your other blog, but couldn't make a comment. Anyway, I would have written, that I will covering a lot about William Frederick Poole, in case you study him. If you check my blog, you can see, I've just begun writing about him. He was the head of the Newberry Lib. and the Boston Athenaeum.
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteThank you for following my other blog. I fixed the comment problem, not sure why the embedded comments won't work... I look forward to following your blog.
Ugh...I know I too should be backing everything up, but I don't know the first thing about external hard drives, etc. etc. It's a little humiliating being only 33 and so computer illiterate!
ReplyDelete-Amy
Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the SimpleTech Signature Mini. I have the one shown here in "Black Cherry." It's small, connects right into your USB drive and is very simple to run (basically just click start and it does all the rest!) I believe I got mine at Staples with a coupon for a very reasonable price. Good luck with your data backup!!!
That's a great lead, Amanda...my Luddite heart thanks you so verymuch!
ReplyDelete~Amy
Hello Amanda!
ReplyDeleteCan you email me at geneabloggers@gmail.com? It is about the Data Backup Weekend contest . . .