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From: karl h schwerin <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] preserving documents - OT
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:43:19 -0700 (MST)
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The following advice comes from RootsWeb Review, 22 January 2003, Vol. 6,
No. 4

1b. TIPS FROM READERS. "Saving for the Nuts"
Thanks to: Dave Van Doren

In response to "Technology to the Rescue" by John W. Grace in RWR 6:2
(8 January): Scanning everything perhaps is a good way to go for
the near term. However, with the speed of technological changes these
days, how long will it be before even CDs will not be accessible to new
equipment, and old equipment will not last forever? Will your great-
grandchildren be able to read those electronic records?

We have decided to commit all our records and photos (after scanning, if
necessary) to good quality, acid-free paper, stored in good plastic
boxes. These records should last a couple of centuries, assuming they
do not get lost or thrown out, and do not require continual upgrading of
the wherewithal (hardware and software) to read them.

However, the major downside to this is how to arrange for orderly
upgrading of these records? That I leave to the next generation of
genealogical nuts.


Karl SchwerinSnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131
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