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From: "S&R Ash" <>
Subject: Re: [NEWGEN] a good place to start if your new
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:17:22 -0400
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I agree with Faye and others.
I dont know how much stuff I have and no idea
where it came from in my early years before I knew what I was doing.
Then in 1997 I got a computer and had to learn all the things that are
part of research with a computer. I too spent HOURS before I was told
about the Search and Find feature. I am STILL learning the computer.
DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. I too have learned to add the URL to
pages I get on the internet. AND TO PRINT OUT copy of things I want
as I have had three major crashes and lost so much material I had stored
in email and files.
BACK UP YOUR FILES OFTEN too! BACK UP Your Family Files often
store a copy online somewhere.
Sue Ellen


Faye Parker wrote:
Documentation .... to me the biggest mistake I made as a newbie was *blush* not documenting resources. Came
back later had tons of info and no idea where had found it *blush*

Another goof I made was spending hours and hours reading LONG LONG documents and pedigrees til someone pointed
out to me the edit/find tool thingy at the top of my screen, would search and find for me any name or phrase
for me



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