Tuesday's Tip - What projects are you working on?

Tuesday's Tip - Have we got marriages and marriage records out of our system? I still have some work to do on my marriage records and citations but I made a pretty good dent. Today is the start of a new month - July (and we are starting the second half of the year 2014!). How are you doing on any major tasks, projects or resolutions you gave/made for yourself in 2014? It might be a good time to take a look at your list and tweak it if necessary.

(1) The first day of the month is a great time to backup your Legacy database. No one wants to redo their data entry work. Whether you set your backups automatically or do them manually and/or sync your data to an external hard drive and/or the cloud and/or any other plan - remember to (a) check those settings, (b) do it, and (c) every so often check to make sure that your backup plan works (you might try restoring to see if what you asked for is what you got). And it doesn't hurt to have more than a plan B, have a plan C - share a copy of your database with another family member for safekeeping.

(2) Today is Canada Day - JL Beeken mentioned that Ancestry.ca is providing free access so if you don't have a world subscription - head on over and do that Canadian research. Later this week is USA Independence Day - I am sure Ancestry will be providing access to records - so if you don't have a subscription you might want to check that out.

This is always a big week for family, friends and fireworks. Have fun, enjoy the good weather, and stay safe (driving to and from and playing with fireworks).