Charles Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > Filing hard copies is really a personal preference and any > system that suites your needs is OK, as long as there is no > duplication of records as you have pointed out.
I agree completely that paper filing systems are a matter of personal preference, but lest newbies think that filing by number is the only reasonable way to do it, there are many genealogists who use alphabetical systems. They have advantages such as (1) anyone who comes after me doesn't have to wonder what MRIN2008 means, (2) no one gets confused because my file is MRIN2008 but my cousin's file on the same couple is MRIN4376, and (3) I don't get headaches thinking about a bunch of numbers. SHIRLEY, James (1852 - Aft 1920) on the file label is easily distinguishable from SHIRLEY, James (Abt 1802 - 1893). (And for women, JONES, Frances m. ALLEN distinguishes JONES, Frances m. HORTON; sometimes I add dates to them too). I have no problem with multiple copies, if needed: there are advantages to putting copies of a document that relates to both my Jones and my Allen families in both my Jones and Allen files. But we're getting off topic... Connie Sheets Arizona Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
