Backup of Files

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Permalink Reply by Craig Humes on August 16, 2009 at 12:06pm

To all-
Thank you for all the replies on Back Up Files. This has been of great help. Now if only I can make up my mind. :)
Craig

Permalink Reply by Norm Weston on November 18, 2009 at 12:00pm

How about a genealogy buddy with whom you can email your data file to on occasion and they do the same for you. It's as well to have your backup in a different location if for instance you have a fire and all your data and local backups are destroyed. Is this feasible?

Permalink Reply by Craig Humes on November 18, 2009 at 12:05pm

Hi Norm-
That is a great idea, and free! I will take that in to consideration.
Craig.

Permalink Reply by philip james wood on November 28, 2009 at 9:35am

Norm, this is one of the methods that I use, my tree is vast, as it is of my entire village, and I would hate to lose it, so each month I send a zipped gedcom to another member of our local history society.
I also backup my file after making any additions, and onto a external hard drive as well.
Also My tree is sent periodically to genealogy websites like Tribal Pages, and Genes Reunited. Regards, Phil.

Permalink Reply by Norm Weston on November 18, 2009 at 12:34pm

Craig I am willing to give it a try if you want to buddy with me. The only thing is the size of my files are quite large. I think my backup file is about 4.9MB but my pics backup is a hefty 164MB! What do you think?
Norm

Permalink Reply by Craig Humes on November 18, 2009 at 10:13pm

Hi Norm-

If I was a little more organized, o.k., a lot more organized I would consider. Thank you for the offer though. You do have a great idea.

Craig.

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