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Post by anniefb on Aug 22, 2022 19:30:51 GMT
I have all current contacts on my phone but have kept my old address books dating from the 80s to roughly 2000. I also have all my late mother's old address books from the time when she was first married and they have been incredibly useful for my family research in terms of identifying people and where they lived at different times.
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Post by melanell on Aug 22, 2022 21:44:56 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2022 21:15:38 GMT
I keep a recipe box with index cards in it for my addresses. There is more room to include multiple phone numbers and email addresses. Also, my nieces and nephews move so often I can just toss the card and use a new one. I lose the historical perspective you have, though! I once lost half my contacts when I got a new phone. Randomly some info didn't transfer over and I didn't realize until I looked for some contacts that weren't there. This way I have backup. That's a great idea!! Gary's mom used the same system. She'd add email addresses and info on the cards. I might do that, and maybe make a section for the people whom have passed away... I like to keep dates of things too.
I relied on my phone and have gotten burned too many times when my cellphones would break or I'd lose a lot changing over to a new phone. Good to have a hand-written backup!
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 23, 2022 21:45:12 GMT
Yes, we still have and use a physical address book. It's about 25 years old and has many addresses/numbers crossed out and replaced, with a few sections completely full and creeping into the next letter. My phone has all the numbers I call regularly but not always full addresses. We were devastated when our previous address book was stolen. I lost so many addresses from people I met while traveling over the years.
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Post by lisae on Aug 24, 2022 1:04:42 GMT
Yes, I have a physical address book and reference it once in awhile. Mostly I use the spreadsheet I originally used for our wedding invitations. It's had a lot of modifications over the years. Just looked and there are only about 4 people of those still on there for my holiday cards that are still at the same address.
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Post by gizzy on Aug 24, 2022 1:42:46 GMT
I do and I keep it on my phone.
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Post by bklyngal62 on Aug 24, 2022 10:19:45 GMT
I don't put addresses in my phone. I have an actual address book that I use often.
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Post by mimima on Aug 24, 2022 11:08:14 GMT
I use a rolodex.
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Post by hannahruth on Aug 24, 2022 11:21:28 GMT
I have a physical book which has sections for addresses, birthdays and anniversaries, and blank pages for “notes”. I have had this particular book for about 15 or so years.
I keep some information on my phone but I am still a bit old school - needing a hard copy😀
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 26, 2022 0:13:48 GMT
I keep a recipe box with index cards in it for my addresses. There is more room to include multiple phone numbers and email addresses. Also, my nieces and nephews move so often I can just toss the card and use a new one. I lose the historical perspective you have, though! I once lost half my contacts when I got a new phone. Randomly some info didn't transfer over and I didn't realize until I looked for some contacts that weren't there. This way I have backup. This is how I’ve done it too for years and years. My aunt was the one who told me about using index cards instead of an address book decades ago. It’s so much easier to update contact information when you can just write up the new info on a new card. I also make a note on the cards when I send out Christmas cards, etc.
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Post by melanieg on Aug 26, 2022 0:42:46 GMT
Yes i do. I even bought a new one (hard to find around here) in November and updated my contacts' details.
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Post by librarylady on Aug 26, 2022 1:27:58 GMT
Just like ScrapbookMyLifeI have paper back up to my digital records. Having a device crash and you lose everything made me do this.
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Post by karensay on Sept 7, 2022 22:09:56 GMT
I keep mine in a Longaberger Address Book Basket, it has Roladex type cards in it. I do not keep ANY address' on my phone.
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Post by whipea on Sept 8, 2022 11:51:14 GMT
No address book, I do not need one. I am basically and introvert, have no family and only associate with two people that I would ever need their address. Their addresses are in Amazon, plus I know them.
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Post by peabay on Sept 8, 2022 11:58:04 GMT
all of mine are in my phone and a google sheet. But I have an old book I just can't bring myself to throw away.
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Post by melanell on Sept 8, 2022 23:57:01 GMT
But I have an old book I just can't bring myself to throw away. I decided one day that I would move all of my phone numbers & addresses to a disc bound planner I was using, so I wouldn't have 2 separate books to use. I got a few pages into moving over the addresses and kept coming across people who had passed away. It was silly to move over their addresses, but I hated the idea of not moving them over and then throwing the book with them in it away, so I stopped. And now years later I keep just marking when someone has passed away in the address book, and I keep using the same old book.
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