I started with manila folders by Surname, and that is where my documents still are. I have 6 four drawer file cabinets. I now have some surnames using over a dozen manila folders.
Compose your filing system the way you understand best. Don't worry about how others do it, unless you like the same suggestions they give. Rich in LA CA - On Mon, 9/5/11, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News Archives----was: Source Name Filing System > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 9:32 PM > Whew! I am nowhere near ready to go > straight alphabetical even within document > type, let along that just assign a number to the document > approach! All my > information is family-oriented and that's how I think of my > ancestors (family > groups), so I'm going to keep things that way. Thanks > though for all the > details. > --Paula in Texas > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, September 2, 2011 10:19:42 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News Archives----was: Source > Name Filing System > > Here are a couple examples. I put the year of birth/death > to differentiate > between people with the same name. Women are filed under > their maiden name. > Marriages are filed under the husband's name. > > Simmons, Celia D. [1872-1943] > Death Certificate > Forrest Co, MS > 23 Sep 1943 > > Glaentzer, Peter [1874-1940] > Birth Certificate > Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany > 14 Jan 1874 > > Lewis, John [1801-1880] > Will > Columbia Co, GA > 20 Jun 1868 > > Miles, James Edward [1879-1950] > Lewis, Eva Mae [1891-1969] > Marriage License > Columbia Co, GA > 24 Dec 1908 > > Silas Simmons [1794-1856] > Compiled Service Record, War of 1812 > > Morris, Needham William, Jr. [1859-1949] > Family Bible > > [some things don't have locations because they aren’t > applicable] > > With the labels in the upper right hand corner on the > outside of the sheet > protectors, I can flip through a book quickly since they > are in alphabetical > order. > > You could easily adapt this to the system Geoff described > in the Legacy > newsletter by adding a distinct file name to each document > like Birth 001 > and then you could put that in the file ID field in Legacy > which would give > you a cross reference. > > michele > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
