This talk will be about benefits and concerns associated with different types of media on which to store family history and pedigree information. R. Bruce Arnold, a retiree of Scott Paper Co., who as a subsequent consultant chaired a major study of the aging of printing and writing papers, will discuss not only paper, but also microfilm and electronic media. He will show how choice of the wrong media can lead to fairly rapid loss of important family information. On the other hand, he will provide scientific evidence to show that both paper and microfilm of proper composition can last for many generations in good condition. The use of electronic storage media, currently the most common way for genealogists to document their family findings because of convenience, can offer a false promise of longevity. The problems are multiple with electronic methods. For example, electronic technology continues to change very rapidly and what was a good storage system only a few years ago, may already be passing out of favor because of the development of new, better methods. Moving an extensive database from one technology to another can be quite daunting and may be required with considerable frequency because of continuing technology evolution.

 

Mr. Arnold has been researching his genealogy for more than ten years and has accumulated a database of more than 12,000 names that are part of his historic family. Some of his relatives date back to the early 1600s and even earlierThis will be a very interesting and informative lecture and not to be missed!

 

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