Document Retention

[BrianG]

That iosafe thing is a little more than I do. I have batch files set up to automatically create dated backups of various things (one for pics, one for vids, one for docs, etc) scheduled as weekly jobs that run late at night, and then I just copy them to regular external drives when I feel like it. For things that change on a semi-daily basis (like accounting stuff), I have a batch file I manually fire off that automatically collects, compresses (with strong password), and secure FTPs to a protected directory online.

I would definitely keep hard copies of certain docs like SSN cards, birth/marriage certificates, etc. I was just curious about the use of soft-copies for things like receipts, tax docs, etc. I'm thinking about shredding older tax stuff that is just taking up room in my fire safe. Ideally, I want to combine the really important stuff from both fire safes into one so I only need to grab one thing in case of a fire or other disaster.