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Topic: How do you organise your family history research? (Read 7213 times)
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Josephine
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1292
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Kath,
I hole-punch them but I never put original, official documents in binders: I only put photocopies of those in binders.
This is what I put in binders, organized by family group:
- census records
- parish records that I've found online at Medway Ancestors (baptisms, marriages & a few burials)
- photocopies of official documents that I've paid big bucks for (birth, death and marriage certificates)
- family group sheets and person sheets generated by my genealogy software program
- correspondence (but I'm lazy about printing it out)
I would never punch holes in something for which I've paid between five and thirty dollars!
Regards,
Josephine
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Barnett (Chatham, Kent)
Beaumont (Gillingham, Kent)
Christy (Shropshire, Lancashire & Cheshire)
George (London area, incl. Bethnal Green)
Holland (Cheshire)
Parker (Chatham, Kent)
Pope (Middlesex)
Salisbury (Cheshire)
Simmons (Kent)
Cunningham, Dobson, Easton, Muir, Pryde & Oliver (Scotland to Canada)
Carson, Colbert, Colclough, Coy, McGlinchey, Riley, Rooney, Trotter & Waters (Ireland to Canada)
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Berlin-Bob
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RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 5690
by: My Daughter. Chatting to find her Roots !
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His name's not Sue, but he answered the same question on another topic:
Hi Lemars There is always PAF (Personal Ancestry File) from the LDS. As it is free you have nothing to lose by trying it out. It has a lot of useful features such as printing a book-style report. However, you will need to obtain their color chart printing software which as an add-on package. Details from: http://www.familysearch.org/ and scroll down the yellow column at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Also note that you can create a website with this software, which is useful for storing your data offsite. That way you do not need to worry about whether your backups work in future. downside |
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site. All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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aghadowey
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RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 13677
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Kath- I use clear pockets for family trees which I've printed out, etc. and if get new information, have a query or want to check something at a later date I stick a note in the clear pocket with information for that family/person.
One problem with ring binders is that some of my information from US and Canada comes on different size paper. If I can't trim pages down to fit in clear pockets I put them into filing cabinet.
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KathMc
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2657
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I think I am leaning toward ring binders. This sounds very handy. I like the color-coded aspect also. That makes things very visible. I think a binder for each surname will be the route I will try, with the clear pockets. Ah, hubby is going to love this.  Now I really need to get the bookshelves built in my office.
Thanks everyone. 
Kath
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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EDWARDO
RootsChat Extra
Posts: 72
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I use brothers keeper you can download a copy to try it.I get on with it because it prints out good charts.i print out my chart(4 generations) and mark each person I have birth wed and death cersts for onto it in pink green and black so that I can see right away who I have certs for.the certificates themselves are kept in 4 ring binders.one birth one wed one death.BUT the problem I have is how do I sort the paperwork out (wich is in other 4 ring binders)there is a mass of it.I am hopless at geting it in some sort of order.the very idea gives me the shakes.and so i put it off.truble is the files are geting that fat soon I will not be able to close them. 
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joyce341
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 344
My Dad aged two in 1891
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I maybe just very mundane but I put my tree on tribalpages,completely free to use,can leave open or private,I leave mine open so that others searching can see it,if i find a family member,i get them to put pictures on ,i never put liveing people on,if i can help it but those that are ,are kept private,also,i also have it on genesreunited but not as much and also keep details in ring binders.
joyce
http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/j111048
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Hickman,Cleobury Mortimer,Shropshire/Staffordshire, Parkes,Dudley,Beddoes Lindridge,Cleobury Mortimer,
Asker,Snettisham,Norfolk,Newby Howe,Kensington,SuffolkLawrence,Greenwich,Bermondsey.Putman,Kensington,Hertfordshire.
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joyce341
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 344
My Dad aged two in 1891
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Hi Willow,
we could be related,LOL had a look at your tree,Hickmans in Stourbridge,My line is William born 1848 but in 1881 census,his Three brothers were in the Area,James ,Charles and Josephs line.my great gran is there also,Agnes Hickman and my Great Uncle Henry Hickman,
James=Jane Webb
Charles=Sarah Corbett
Joseph =Emma Sant
Henry=Elizabeth Jervis.
take care
Joyce,nee Hickman,LOL
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Hickman,Cleobury Mortimer,Shropshire/Staffordshire, Parkes,Dudley,Beddoes Lindridge,Cleobury Mortimer,
Asker,Snettisham,Norfolk,Newby Howe,Kensington,SuffolkLawrence,Greenwich,Bermondsey.Putman,Kensington,Hertfordshire.
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Josephine
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1292
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i print out my chart(4 generations) and mark each person I have birth wed and death cersts for onto it in pink green and black so that I can see right away who I have certs for.
That's a great idea!
Regards,
Josephine
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Barnett (Chatham, Kent)
Beaumont (Gillingham, Kent)
Christy (Shropshire, Lancashire & Cheshire)
George (London area, incl. Bethnal Green)
Holland (Cheshire)
Parker (Chatham, Kent)
Pope (Middlesex)
Salisbury (Cheshire)
Simmons (Kent)
Cunningham, Dobson, Easton, Muir, Pryde & Oliver (Scotland to Canada)
Carson, Colbert, Colclough, Coy, McGlinchey, Riley, Rooney, Trotter & Waters (Ireland to Canada)
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Springbok
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 946
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Like many respondents here, I have masses of paper. BMD certs, downloads from GR contacts, in various forms etc.
The majority have been scanned OR entered into my Familyhistorian [programme , The latter enables me to highlight any individual as root and see their relationship to any other of the 4,000 odd relations.and i save absolutely everything onto an external Hard disc.
That still leaves the problem of where/how yo store or collate the hard copy, and make it easy to find??BMD certs in a couple of dedicated folders
My problem is the I have got saved notes...which should be sorted, but the thought is daunting
The thought of having to sort through nearly 20 years of research IS more than offputtting!!
Spring
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Dorset: Ackerman,Bungey,Bunter Chant,Hyle
Islington:Bedford, Eaton,Wilkins
Beds,Fulham: Brazier
Shoreditch: Burton,Coverdale
Essex ,Clerkenwell:Craswell,Cresswell
St.Lukes Middx:Doughty, Dunkley
Andover/IOW/Fulham:Gasser
Fulham: Neal
Bucks:Putnam,Wingrove
Bullwell.Notts:Wilkinson
Clerkenwell/Islington:Wyllie
Herts/ Tottenham/Walthamstow:Young
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