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Topic: How do you organise your family history research? (Read 4379 times)
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Lady Di
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I use exactly the same system as Sylviaann. Use WORD all the way - it's great for all the photos and graphics as well as telling the family stories.
I printed it all out once and I have what appears to be a family history book of (too many) pages and it actually looks like a "real" book as each person has their own story.
I then keep all my research in a separate folder for each family, then a plastic sleeve for each member of that family.
I would love to do a proper family tree - with little boxes etc but I think the 20ft long tree sounds like one may need a new house to show it off - or a VERY large wall.
Happy hunting
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MOULE :Whaddon/Cambs SMITH :SSX/Brighton and Birmingham TATTERSALL : NSW,SSX/Brighton GINGER : London AGGS : Norfolk & London GOODWIN : Kent Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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izabel
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Im still new to this so the wall does just fine at the moment. Keep making little charts and sticking them in the relevant places. Maybe I can convince the long suffering husband to buy me a program for christmas. Any suugestions for simple program for a computer moron?
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Rachel W
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Brilliant - so many different ideas, I just need the time to get started now!
I have trees in Word which can be extended when necessary.
Can I just ask how you make trees in word? Cheers!
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Waite, Marchant, Nash, Goddard, Pocock, Hiles, Switzer, Larondie, Harris to name just a few!
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scrattletrap
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+ Grandfather
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This is how I do a basic tree with word.
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Sylviaann
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Yes like that
Main name = Wife
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child1 child 2 child3
I tried to add a copy but can't will send a PM.
I then write a page for each family unit with BMD and census information addresses etc. Also anything happening in the world at the time. For instance my London family had The Big Stink, Mafeking was relieved, new housing built. This then is the basis for a book and can be understood by the family. You can add things as you find them
I prefer family history to just names.
Sylviaann
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukNorfolk: Gooch, Loveday, Lake, Betts Suffolk: Gooch, Crosby, Turner Hampshire: Laws, Burrows Kent: Beer Jersey: Barette, de Gruchy East London: Middleton, Gower, O'Farrell, Smith, Weston |
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Sylviaann
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Scattletrap
That is what I call a birth brief. Very useful for an overall picture of the family.
see an example here http://www.langhorns.co.uk/langhornline/birthbrief.html
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukNorfolk: Gooch, Loveday, Lake, Betts Suffolk: Gooch, Crosby, Turner Hampshire: Laws, Burrows Kent: Beer Jersey: Barette, de Gruchy East London: Middleton, Gower, O'Farrell, Smith, Weston |
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meles
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I use Family Tree Maker as a main tool, as you can put everything there. But, just so I can get an overall look, I use not Word, but Excel. The sheets are all in an Excel Workbook, so I can put each branch of the tree into a connected page, linked by a hyperlink. The electronic Post it note is also helpful as I can make notes on each entry.
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Brock: Alburgh, Norfolk, and after 1850, London; Tooley: Norfolk Grimmer: Norfolk; Grimson: Norfolk Harrison: London; Pollock Dixon: Hampshire; Collins: Middx Jeary: Norfolk; Davison: Norfolk Rogers: London; Bartlett: London Drew: Kent; Alden: Hants Gamble: Yorkshire; Huntingford: East London Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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scrattletrap
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Sylviaann
Thats excellent, was it also done on word or with some other program.
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Glenpenny
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I use Roots Magic 2, which I think is great, having tried first Family Tree Maker and Personal Ancestral File. I especially like the fact that you can have separate data bases but can see two or more on the screen at the same time for comparison, so if someone sends me a ged.com I can check it out thoroughly before combining them. I also like the "To Do" feature as it reminds me what I need to check out.
So far as organising goes, I have four large lever arch files, one for each of our grandfather's names, using the acid free pockets to keep photographs, memoriam cards, newspaper cuttings etc., and another foolscap binder, again with acid free pockets, for storing certificates and Will copies.
I also have more lever arch files to keep information downloaded from the web, contacts from other people (e-mails etc), all sorted into alphabetical surnames. If I get too much on one name, I put a marker in the alphabetical stuff telling me to refer to a separate ring binder.
Works for me except I'm a bit lazy about printing the e-mails off and lost a load one time when the pc crashed. If anyone knows how to back up your "In box" please let me know.
Each to his own method though, whatever works for you.......
Glenys
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Clifton - Kirkham, Garstang Benson - Greenhalgh Hankinson - Freckleton Roobottom - Barnsley Drelincourt - Ireland McLintock - Barnsley Catlow - Colne, Newchurch-in-Pendle Bowker - Newchurch-in-Pendle Bambridge - Stebbing, Essex Lagden - Thaxted, Stebbing Perry - Stebbing Wileber - Farcet, Huntingdon Census Information is Crown copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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JAP
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Rachel,
Apologies to all but I can't believe that, in this day and age, anyone is not using one of the excellent genealogical computer programs which are available. Using Word, or Excel, or Access seems to me like re-inventing the wheel. Most genie programs are good, their developers have run across and tried to solve all the problems that you will surely run across yourself if you try to start from scratch, and the choice depends on what suits you (just as if you were buying a car). They range from free to various prices, and from very simple (i.e. fairly inflexible) to quite complex (i.e. very flexible and allowing you to choose your own way of doing things). Use a smallish sample of your people to try out some of the free ones, and to try out trial demos of others - you will soon see what you like, what you don't like, and what features you really want to have.
And back up, back up, back up your computer records ... (That is - do as I say, not as I do).
But it won't be a paperless office. You'll still have heaps of folders and piles of papers. And you'll probably change the way you organise them several times along the way.
And, even so, there will still be the situation where you just KNOW you have something relevant but can't put your hands on it!
JAP
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Scotland - HALL, HARLEY, LOCHTY/LOCHTIE/LOUGHTIE/LOUGHTY (very rare), MCLAUSE/MCLAWS/MCILHOSE/HOSE (quite rare and many very variable spellings - close to 100 to date), PHILP/PHILIP, VASSIE; Ireland - BOURKE/BURKE, DONOHUE (many spellings), DOOLEY, KINSELLA, MAXWELL, OSBORNE, RAFFERTY, STA(U)NTON, SULLIVAN; England - BAYES, BROWNELL, DALTON, FREEMAN, HACKING, PIERCY, SIDDLE, SWIFT, SULLIVAN, TINK(L)ER, TRIPPIT. Any spellings and many other names!
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I don't!! I'm afraid if I get too organise I'll never find anything. As it is I know where to find just what I want.....in a big box.... 
