by Ian Goddard <goddai01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 13, 2008 at 08:16 AM
> The objection is not to the WIKI part of it -- the objection is to
> yet-another-central-depository.
>
> The objection is not to the LDS doing it -- the objection is to
> yet-another-central-depository.
>
> The object is not to whether this is better'n that -- the objection
> is to yet-another-central-depository.
>
> Again -- the objection is to yet-another-central-depository.
>
<snip>
>
> You only need ONE place that tells you the vital records for Podunk
> County Redneck State are in Whither Fork, or that 90+% of the 1890
> census burnt in an office building in DC.
>
> Cheryl Singhals
And why was 90+% of the 1890 census lost in a single office building
fire?
Because it was the *only* central depository. Had there been copies
in a second repository elsewhere the loss would have been 0%.
Multiple repositories are great; multiple copies mean survival of
records. Bring 'em on!
--
Ian
Ian Goddard <goddai01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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