Hi everyone - thanks very much for all your answers, they make more sense to me know and I know what I need to do.
Many thanks. On 8 August 2013 12:52, Pamela Wile <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Marie,**** > > ** ** > > There has been a lot of discussion over on the Organized Genealogist > Facebook group about filing documents the way you describe – numbered in > page protectors in 3 ring binders.**** > > ** ** > > I have two questions: Do you keep an index so you can find documents > outside of your software? And what do you do if you have a mixture of > legal size and letter size documents?**** > > ** ** > > Pam**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* August-06-13 10:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] File ID numbers**** > > ** ** > > **** > > **** > > I use the File ID number for my CLOOZ number. Each document, used as a > source, is numbered, ie Birth 001, Death 001 etc, and that number is placed > in the File ID Number.**** > > **** > > CLOOZ links people to the documents. In Legacy people are linked to > people. When I need a document to either review or show as proof for an > event it's very easy to find.**** > > **** > > Documents are numbered, placed in an acid free page sleeve, then in a 3 > ring binder. When I originally started researching my family in 1975, I > used a family filing system. This often meant making 2 copies of a document > when 2 families were on a document. Now my files are arranged by project > surname, then by type of document [I use the KISS principal] then by number. > **** > > **** > > I'd be very happy to answer any questions on this method.**** > > **** > > Marie > > Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL* > Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C.* > --------------------------------------------------------------- > CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are > service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ® , used under > license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. > **** > > **** > > In a message dated 8/6/2013 1:29:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes:**** > > Hi everyone,**** > > What do the File ID numbers mean and how can they help me?**** > > > Are they indicators of where I am (now) missing images I had previously > attached to my tree but have been lost through the gedcom import?**** > > How can I "fix" them if that is the case?**** > > How can I get rid of them if they are now irrelevant?**** > > And how could I use them to my advantage in the future?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > Kathy**** > > > > 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**** > > > 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
