Family history what to do to pass it on

[little meg]

    so true falcybe

[SilenceWebb]

I'm still new to researching family history, but was just this week delighted to be able to pass on the information I have accumulated (with the help of kind folk here) to one of the daughters of my grandmother's sister who has just started her own research quest.

I think that the best thing to do is to share information as widely as possible within the family so that it is less likely to be lost... plus, if you record information in a multitude of different mediums and places, then you won't risk losing everything to fire, flood, etc.

I find the idea of a whole room full of information exciting... I hope I have even a fraction of that to pass on as a legacy some day.

[Kim1980]

I've been looking  into my family history for years but it's only in last couple of days that I started to look through my grandad's research which was left to me when he died 5 years ago.

He left computer files, but I can't access them due to the format they are saved in. Luckily, everything is in paper format and highly organised. Everything is referenced and cross referenced.

However, the best thing about it is his little jokes/ comments and questions to himself as well as seeing his handwriting. Would definitely recommend leaving things in paper format as well as online (although, decendants would need passwords).

My next job is to scan the family photos and find out from older living relatives who they are so that as many people in the family can have them as possible.

Kim