1) There is no need for me to keep an index because my documents are filed in a sequential order.
2) Everything I have that is legal size are only copies of originals so I have no problem folding them to fit into a letter size sheet protector so that they will fit in my binders. Michele From: Pamela Wile [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] File ID numbers 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
