My desk-top computer has a very bad virus–and since I live at the end of the world,\u00a0the hardware\u00a0is dismantled in various parts.\u00a0 I brought home another processor from my library downtown (Tremonton UT actually has a downtown and from my home it is downtown).\u00a0 And cords and mouse.\u00a0 And these parts and cords are everywhere in my home office.\u00a0 All of the usual clutter that inhabits a home office, I shifted to the hallways and set in other places so that we would have a place to work.\u00a0 My grandson came and installed the other processor and connected me to the internet\u00a0.\u00a0 Saturday morning, via LogMeIn, Kathryn, my webmaster, will re-install Outlook so that I can receive and send email.\u00a0\u00a0 Or so we think–if my processors are too old to accomodate the updated or new software, It will be a little longer so that I can get a new computer.<\/p>\n
Now that you have this picture firmly in mind, \u00a0let me say that my ability to be your GO TO GUY\u00a0( or GIRL) online\u00a0 <\/strong>for the next few days, maybe a week or two, is limited.\u00a0 You see, we plugged in my large back-up-my-documents external drive to transfer all of my backed-up files to the other processor and zip\u00a0went the drive.\u00a0 Its fried.\u00a0 Not to worry Kathryn says, we’ll transfer these files to flash drives.\u00a0<\/p>\n But will the drives\u00a0work on either processor?\u00a0 Not to worry Kathryn says, we’ll use them on my laptop–which has Windows 7 on it.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n I type faster and better with my desktop keyboard–they keys are raised,they are \u00a0bigger to accomodate my false fingernails, and more like my old Selectric typewriter that I used for several years.\u00a0 Not to worry says Kathryn, I can attach the keyboard to my laptop.\u00a0And use the mouse instead of the roll-plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n I like using the larger flat screen monitor rather than the small screen on my laptop.\u00a0 Not to worry says Kathryn, we’ll plug the larger monitor into the laptop.\u00a0 Nada.\u00a0 The connections do not match.\u00a0 And then I would have two screens exactly alike–not split screens to view more stuff.<\/p>\n I feel like the house built like topsy–topsy turvey technology created from a bit here and apiece there and a cord from some place else.\u00a0 I have a whole bin full of discarded cords from printers that no longer work and telephones, corded and cordless, that no longer receive or send calls.\u00a0<\/p>\n Just in case you have concluded–that is, if you have read this far–that my professional research files might also be topsy turvey.\u00a0 Not so.\u00a0 I spent the time while the computer\u00a0was down to make sure that they are tidy, all in one place (UGH! have to change that), alphabetical by client with reports delivered and reports due clearly segregated and marked for action.\u00a0 I never let my research files fall into disarray<\/strong>.\u00a0 I would have to be dead to let them get mixed up.\u00a0 When you misfile a folder, it can stay misfiled forever–or so it seems.<\/p>\n What does any of this have to do with your genealogy?<\/strong><\/p>\n Your favorite genealogist and GO TO\u00a0GUY (or GIRL) wants to ensure that I trace your lineage–not someone who does not relate to you.\u00a0 And I have discovered that the more evidence that I know about, as I go through the records<\/strong>, the less likely it is that I track the wrong family.<\/p>\n So I have some requests of you:<\/strong><\/p>\n Once my email is re-established, I will send a version of this blog to each and every client.\u00a0\u00a0 I probably have stuff in your files that you will want to see.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist and GO TO GUY (Or GIRL), Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/a><\/p>\n PS\u00a0 I decided to extend my Research Grant Offer–up to $400.00 grant\u00a0 when you sign on for research.\u00a0 This offer is still available on my Home Page–http:\/\/arleneeakle.com.\u00a0 And it applies whether you are a current client or whether you are thinking of signing on for the very first time.\u00a0 (Don’t you hate it when especially good offers apply only to new clients\u00a0?\u00a0 Lots of businesses actually penalize loyalty.\u00a0 I don’t.<\/p>\n PPS\u00a0 Give me a little time to replace lost reports.\u00a0 I am the only one who does this important function–it is me who can update with new stuff, because I know your research and what I have already done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My desk-top computer has a very bad virus–and since I live at the end of the world,\u00a0the hardware\u00a0is dismantled in various parts.\u00a0 I brought home another processor from my library downtown (Tremonton UT actually has a downtown and from my … Continue reading \n
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