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You’ve spent countless hours organizing family history information with your genealogy software, scanning old family pictures and taking digital photos. How would you feel if your hard drive failed and you couldn’t retrieve your files? What if your home office got flooded and your computer was reduced to a pile of rust? If you don’t View Website VIP Subscription

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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