GEDCOM files

[neil_foreman]

I have a very large GEDCOM file in the name of FOREMAN representing over twenty years of work which I would like to save for life. Any suggestions as to where I could send it?

[Northern Lass]

I have a very large GEDCOM file in the name of FOREMAN representing over twenty years of work which I would like to save for life. Any suggestions as to where I could send it?

Welcome neil to forum Srd will move this to misc...Gen Discussion

do the society of Genealogists offer something?
or the family history society...if there is one

any black country foremans?
we have a sort of black country tree going.......on tribal pages
not sure if it will be there for life..........as long as tribal pages is about
although we back up the gedcom and Jo aka Grangers 14 and I run it.
If you have any black country ones you could pop a post on with one or two and we could try and add some
if we a min

Do the national archives offer anything?

[SRD]

Googling throws up a variety of options including http://www.one-name.org/.

If the study is locally based there may be a Local History Group who would hold it.

Posting it on any of the sites like Mundia will preserve it but their T&Cs are pretty strong:

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You could set up your own website using a proprietary genealogy programme, wiki has more info, but that would require some servicing, renewing urls, hosting services etc.