JLB With nearly 25,000 people in my DB, I can't imagine switching at this point either. I think the main thing is to file in a way that makes sense to you and makes it easy for you to find. For me, searching by surname is intuitive, and remembering a MRIN number wouldn't be intuitive.
Mary On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:05 PM, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what's happened to me with surname filing - interested in how it > works (since I hear so many people refer to it) but too deep into my own > method to switch gears. Maybe for the first thousand people but after > awhile it's too much to move. > > What you do sounds somewhat similar to mine. The folders are nested from > the direct lines down so anyone who doesn't want to use the MRIN's can > still find their way around. The MRIN's just make for quick reference to > or from Legacy. > ----- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://jlog.jgen.ws/ > > On 3/15/2013 4:40 PM, Mary Moyer wrote: > > JLB > > > > I don't make a surname folder for every surname (way too many) - I make > > a folder for every direct ancestor surname and put related families in > > that folder. Before her marriage, the woman's information goes in her > > parent's folder, and after her marriage I put the info in her husband's > > surname folder. If she marries again, I keep her info in my direct > > ancestor's folder. I name all my files in the folders very specifically > > with all the relevant information so that the info is easy for me to > > find. I will occasionally keep duplicate info in more than one folder > > but not very often. > > > > As far as using the locality method, I'd be jumping all over the place, > > since most of my families moved multiple times, and it would drive me > > crazy to have to look in 15 different folders for the info I wanted. > > > > I never thought of using the MRIN method when I was starting out, so > > when I started using digital files I just duplicated the method I used > > when I put everything into paper folders. > > > > Mary > > > > > > 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
