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I have a collection of National Geographics starting in the 1930s to 2010s, the family has been on me to sell or donate them, but I've held on to them for just the reasons you stated. There's a lot of information in them and some might be useful in the above mentioned situation. What I don't have is some way to look up a particular subject and find what issue it's in. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it
I went out and bought some cookbooks. The real basic kind that my mother used to have. What if I need to know how to cut up a chicken, make stroganoff, or even a loaf of bread from scratch. I won't be able to look those things up online.
When the courthouse loses its documents as well, it would be helpful to keep a record of your real estate documents going back at least 40 years in addition to the original Federal Land Patent or Railroad grant and the State's certified list of railroad grants. It would be needed to establish title to your land if the courthouse goes down.
I have a collection of National Geographics starting in the 1930s to 2010s, the family has been on me to sell or donate them, but I've held on to them for just the reasons you stated. There's a lot of information in them and some might be useful in the above mentioned situation. What I don't have is some way to look up a particular subject and find what issue it's in. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it
Try this, https://archive.org/ they may have your stash already digitized. There are several apps you may find helpful.
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Your other choice is to have your collection digitized. That will take sometime and probably be more than you want to spend.
Not cheap anymore, but if you can find them, the Foxfire books should be in your collection.
I went out and bought some cookbooks. The real basic kind that my mother used to have. What if I need to know how to cut up a chicken, make stroganoff, or even a loaf of bread from scratch. I won't be able to look those things up online.
When the courthouse loses its documents as well, it would be helpful to keep a record of your real estate documents going back at least 40 years in addition to the original Federal Land Patent or Railroad grant and the State's certified list of railroad grants. It would be needed to establish title to your land if the courthouse goes down.