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Hi to everyone, I lost all my family tree but am back now more determined than ever to retrace my steps. Thanks for all your support. If I duplicate my questions I have already asked it is just that I am trying to get back to where I was before my pc blew up on me. Thanks again Zoe :)

Zoe how have you lost all your family tree ??? Maureen

Zoe Good on ya. Don't let them drag you down, Hope this time your tree will have better roots and stay online. Good luck. Victor

Hi Maureen, My hardrive on my pc had a fatal error and lost everything I had all my work on an off line program, so there was no way of retrieving my data. I am silly and had not made a hard copy so it is my own fault really. Thanks for your concern Zoe :)

Hi Victor, Thanks for that I hope so too. Little ************************************************************************************* enough said Thanks Zoe :)

Victor and Zoe I wish that my problem was that easy to Solve If Only Mind you I do have it all in paperwork too. Not Just on here Maureen

Zoe Have you ever thought about putting a second hard drive in your computer and just copying your information over to it. This is very simple to do and very quick. If you then suffer a fatal error on your main hard drive you will still have the other hard drive intact. Even if you have a fatal error in the backup hard drive you still have the main hardrive with the information on. It is very rare that both will go at the same time. Victor

Hi Zoe sorry to hear you have lost your data, I dont know if you are aware, but you do still have 254 people on your tree with GR. Lib x

Hi Maureen, I do have bits of paperwork flying about all over its just that it took all that time and effort to put in into a program, thus I am rather gutted. It is not that easy I haven't got back to Adam and Eve or anything ! Zoe

Hi Victor, I think I might enquire about that because I think it was Judy in the States who also suggested that. Sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks again Zoe :)

Hi Lib, Yeah thanks for taking an interest I do you are right I should be grateful I have found them, althought most are alive LOL. I do have some bits and bobs (i sound like that program my daughter watches now) which I can use though. Thanks again Zoe :)

Zoe Have you got a contact for Judy in the states As i could do with someone to sort my problem out that I have Someone told me about her But dont know how to contact her Maureen Ps Heres to a quick recovery

Hi Maureen, Go on to the tips board and ask if someone knows Judy in the States. Everyone knows of her on there. Good luck with your tree. Zoe :)

My tree's here Someone keeps deleting it and I have no idea who is doing it or Why they are doing it. Maureen

Hi Maureen, That is a problem, I had not thought about anyone deleting my tree from here I would be in trouble if that happened as I haven't even put my tree back together again. Oh well I hope you find out who is doing it and stop it happening. Zoe :)

Hi babe I can't believe it all went. Was nothing at all retrievable?

It made me shiver to read that. Everyone, please put your tree into cyber space on some sort of homepage - Ive got mine on FTM2005 website and now Tribalpages. It would be an absolute blow to lose the lot.

I oroigionally had my tree on Family Tree Maker ... AND I copied it onto CD as well ( when I got to 300+ names). Now, I update the CD every few months ... so I have a complete tree on Gedcom on CD. Safe as houses. I also have my tree on Tribal Pages ..... BUT, because that site is free, I DO NOT rely on it being there forever !..T P could decide to close down through lack of funds ... as I doubt many people offer 'donations to update'! Always keep an upto date tree on CD. I really do feel for you both Zoe & Maureen ... I do know how painful it is .. I lost all my contents when I got a few virus's come in through the backdoor when I tried to get on Ancestry through the tradesman entrance :-( last year. Not nice. Dancer x

Zoe, just in case you don't know, you can export your tree from Genes Reunited as a GEDCOM file and put it into your family tree program on your computer. Then copy it onto a floppy disk or whatever so you have a backup. But I guess you had lots of stuff that isn't on the GR tree. I must say I try to write everything down as well as put it on the computer, just in case. But if I can find anything I sent you or that you sent me, I will send it to you again. I'll have a look later on because I've got to go out now though. Hope you manage to retrieve your tree! Kate.

Hi Zoe, Just seen this thread and know just how you feel. My hard drive crashed last week and I lost everything except the bare bones of my tree that I had on here. Photo's, Will's, 1837 saved pages etc all gone along with my full tree (complete with all of my notes). I did back my tree up on disk last year, but I stupidly recorded over it when I needed a disk urgently and couldn't find any spare. Lesson well and truley learn't!!!!! Sue:-) (now trying to rebuild through the tears)