Hi Karen, I tend to be "organized," at least that is what my friends say about me. I have difficulty, (go crazy), if I can't find something I know I have. I began by entering the information from documents into my geneology program (FTM) and then bought a small safe in which I keep the document, transcribed and translated. I file the document by date, that seems to make it easier for me to find the doc. when I need to check for something. I used to have stacks of hard copies that took forever to look through and find something I knew I had. My FTM program has something called scrapbook into which I can scan these documents, pictures, etc. This is one of my future goals. To date, I havenot done that. In addition to the docs. in the safe, I have a large binder for each of my 4 grandparents and my husband's 4 grandparents (12 binders to date). In a few cases, the info I have has necessitated binders for some of the family information for great-grandparents. I have dividers in each binder (all the same, so I don't have to think about where to look) with the following tabs: Charts, documents, worksheets, maps, emails, (sub-divided by person if I have several people communicating with me about this ancestor), oral history, pictures. I can explain the type of information I put into each section, if you need an explanation. I have another shelf of binders for general information about research. Those binders are labeled A-Z, depending on that I call the information. The titles range from Abbreviations, books, citizenship, DNA, Fraternal societies, general info., history, etc. I now have 6 large binders where I can find info. on how to, where to, when to, kind of questions. I filed Cheri's info today under DNA; I have pictures of the places I visited in the Azores under the name of the Island, etc. If I can help you in any way to organize your information in a way that works for you, contact me privately. Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry [email protected]
--- On Fri, 3/18/11, Karen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Karen <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy organization To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 9:19 AM As I collect information on my Azorean roots, I enter it into my genealogy software program (I use Legacy).. But what do you do with the paper. When I started out, I didn't have much but slowly I'm collecting history, language, search sites, birth, marriage etc. certificates or transcriptions.. How do you organize this so you can find it. I would be interested in what you all use that works for you before I decide. Files,computer???? Thanks Karen -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
