Backup Your Important Documents

With the horrible fires here in Southern California over the past week, I thought it would be a good time to remind people that you should have a safe copy of your important documents. Many people photocopy items such as their drivers license, birth certificate, passport, social security card among others and store them in a safe or in a separate location from the originals. This makes the replacement easier if something horrible were to happen or the originals were damaged or lost.

I recently went on vacation out of the country and wanted to have a backup copy of my passport if anything were to happen to the original. I made a photocopy and kept it in my luggage. As I was standing in the copy room at work one day, I took that one step further. I scanned my important documents and then emailed them as attachments to my gmail. Now if I ever had an emergency I could access my important documents anywhere I had internet access. I highly recommend that you do this as well. If you don’t have access to a scanner, check your local library, Kinko’s or other copy center in your area.