Lewis, The 1973 fire at NARA in St. Louis is a prime example of why we should duplicate the government's efforts to keep records. -- Alice
> [Original Message] > From: Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 4/29/2006 7:11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Why save copies of census records? > > The original question is > whether we should save paper SOURCE materials such as census records, birth > certificates, death certificates and other "PUBLIC" records after they have > been digitally entered into LEGACY. > > We are paying the government to maintain these files for us. Why duplicate > their efforts? > > Lewis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:28 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Why save copies of census records? > > > > Since I have been using Legacy to attach census images to people appearing > > in the census, I am wondering if there is any longer a need for a hard > > copy record. What do you think? > > > > The same might be true for obituaries, birth and death certificates, and > > some others. > > > > Since most information is stored electronically these days, why are we > > still saving hard copies and filling up file cabinets? Also trying to > > come up with a decent filing system. Do we really need these things? > > > > Isn't it time to move into the 21th century and file electronically? > > > > Lewis > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
