Hi Michele I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I use a filing system for my papers, based on ring binders. I have a "series" for each ancestral line, and if you are not limited by colour coding, could be 4, 8, 16 or in fact any number of lines, just splitting as necessary. In each ancestral line I have a section in the folder for each person on my line, each section numbered by lineage number, based on me = 1 (or my daughter = 1 for the series that includes my grand-daughter). Within each section I then number by bloodline for descendants (1 - eldest child then 1, 1 = eldest child's eldest child etc) and I keep them in sequence eg 1 / 1, 1 / 1, 2 / 1, 3 / 1, 3, 5 / 1, 4 / 2 / 2, 1 etc (using only the numbers I need, and fill in the gaps later if necessary). This gives me all my cousins etc. However it does not work for the cousin's in-laws etc - I just keep all that stuff with the relevant cousin.
Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson Hamilton, New Zealand On 7/11/2011 1:46 p.m., Lavern Hall wrote: > Hi Michele, > I, too, like color-coding, and, like you, have a good deal of > documentation. I'd be interested in knowing your current > organizational system if you'd care to share it (either privately, or > on-list) as I am in need of a system that handles all of the > documents. Thanks. > Lavern Hall > Aurora, Ohio > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:04 PM, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > This used to be my filing system but I have A LOT of documents > that are on > people that are not in my direct line. This system works better > for those > researchers that stick pretty close to their direct lines only. > If you do > cluster genealogy to try and figure out who everyone is in a > specific area > this won't work for you. The other problem you will have is that > you are > supposed to print a pedigree chart for each line as well as family > group > sheets for every couple/file. As you do research and make > changes/additions, you are constantly reprinting these. I use a > completely > different system now. > > HOWEVER, I do like the 4 color option in Legacy which goes along > with this > system and I like printing out my charts in 4 color. It does help > you to > keep your lines straight and it makes your charts look cool :) :) > > Michele > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > <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 > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook > (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com > <http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/>). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <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 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
