The Internet and the History of Auchencairn

What happens when sites are no longer maintained

http://www.archive.org/

• These sites are provided by amateurs
  • People die, lose interest, can't afford it any more
  • How do you get at the information?
• Example: The Auchencairn History Society page links to a useful short History of Galloway
  • at www.swscotland.com
  • but that domain doesn't exist any more
  • how can we find that information?
• The Wayback Machine
  • Tries to archive all static public pages on the World Wide Web
  • Back to (about) 1996
  • The old www.swscotland.com pages are here

Anything you've ever said in public on the Internet is still there somewehere... even if you regret it!

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