From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Aug 11 11:22:42 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7BHMgjb023109; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:22:42 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7BHMaFe031329 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:22:36 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7BEhBFI028503 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:43:11 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7BEhBJk028502 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:43:11 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7BB9oFI028039 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:09:50 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7BDn4db016425 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:49:04 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sdm.prowett@gmail.com Fri Aug 11 07:49:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7BDn4jb016416 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:49:04 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7BDn18d003300 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:49:02 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so185626pyd for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:48:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=c+HtwprERbmCa4mvxNDGmwVBlu46+6qspw/SvTq3mOk72Dsq7Gz0gOY+UegKnNzGL4zNbTv518hXteekcorOvKe46Kw6VMAMmwWhxlnLsJxG3bESJ54zl3PqBjWUqf/FKKS6p0PcncODz+Unhkcj1hH78MkRXMjV5Ghhe+4mE4o= Received: by 10.35.22.17 with SMTP id z17mr6183147pyi; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Yoda ( [64.146.135.196]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id n40sm2472760pyg.2006.08.11.06.48.55; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <00a401c6bd4c$e4d709e0$6601a8c0@Yoda> From: "Sondra Prowett" To: , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Interesting question Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:48:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2905 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Don, Is there another researcher in your family who you think would "keep the light burning" if you passed the torch? LOL I've run into this from the other side with 2 different researchers on my husband's side of the family. Whatever they were pursuing is now lost. One of them, I was told, had 'file cabinets and file cabinets' full of information and was on the computer....but his son, when I contacted him, could find nothing but his address book so the family has NO clue what he found since he never posted the information and only exchanged group sheets with one of the other family researchers. (That I've found so far *BG*) It's not the son's fault, he was more than willing to pass on the information, Dad just hadn't made any arrangements about it. :( The second one left his information to his children who don't seem really actively interested. I'm sure they won't toss it, as it was important to their dad, but I haven't seen them on the boards or on email to the other few of us that I KNOW are still researching...this gentleman DID pass on group sheets, and photos, but didn't publish much beyond that and cancer caught him quickly. I'm worried about the same thing myself, as my health isn't wonderful. I feel a pushing sense of responsibility to make sure my data is 'fairly' clean and do a printout at least of the namelists I've got for the families and tohave it on file, just in case. (short term goal *grin*) I'm planning a CD to go out to family within the next year, but the hope is that if technology changes, the printout will live on for a bit...(mid term goal) Eventually I want to 'self publish' on one of those websites that will help you put together a manuscript so that it doesn't disappear. (long term goal) One copy 'purchased' for me, one for Salt Lake City :) and maybe, if I'm feeling full of hubris, the Library of Congress registration, and a copy there. I looked a bit at these sites and they allow you to upload information and some to control who can get in and 'buy' a copy of your book, you can also set 'profit' levels...so I'm thinking that if I set that to $0 for my profit and arrange for family to have it for cost...it's a professionally published book and they will do "one off's". Which is a bit more expensive, but less out-of-pocket for me. So yeah, I agree that this is a sticky question. I will probably pass my research information to my son, as he is the most "into" what mom is doing with the genealogy and listening to the stories (at least at this point) but most of the researchers in the "extended" family are older than I am. For now, I just try to explain to my husband where everything is, and how he can get to it if anybody wants it when I'm gone. :) I've considered other alternatives, but I worry about donating to a library or historical society. I don't live in an area that ANY other of my relatives have EVER lived...so who would be looking around here? And some libraries don't allow open access to their manuscript collections, or they charge for access. That happened to information (2 paper CARTON's) worth, with pictures about my grandfather. My grandmother left them to a University, with notes and papers about his life, and I've contacted them and been told about the (to me) very healthy costs they charge for copies of any of the papers in the collection and the 'huge' cost of microfilm or pictures from the collection and their refusal of permission for it to be 'published' in any way, including a website. Luckily, I think most of the pictures were duplicates of those I possess that were passed down from my grandmother. :) So I will eventually make a trek to the campus (about 120 miles away) and spend some time searching the boxes to glean background information, but I pray there are no pictures that "I just can't resist!" or my budget will be busted. This is so NOT what my grandmother wanted to have happen with grandfather's papers. She wanted the information available to be shared, not jealously guarded and rented out. It makes me upset as a member of the family that I have no recourse on this but to 'lump it' and deal with their policies. He died when I was 13, so I have great memories of him, but didn't know nearly the detail that I wish I had. Not a very coherent plan, but the best I've come up with so far. :) I'd like to hear other's thoughts on this. HTH, S o n d r a ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Interesting question > My wife asked my an interesting question. > > What should she do with all my genealogy info. (FTM files, papers, etc.) > if > something happened to me? > > Don >