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Topic: How do you file your Family Tree Paperwork? (Read 4490 times)
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kerryb
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I know exactly what you mean! I have a nice wooden box file full of envelopes with a surname on each one.
Unfortunately all the paperwork is strewn across the desk and the envelopes remain empty!!!!!
Kerry 
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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CarolBurns
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I'm still looking !
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Mine are due to be done again - 2nd time in less than a fortnight
Doesn't help that I take notebook and odd bits of paper when I go to babysit for son - bits of paper end up all over the bottom of my bag and the notebook has pages and pages of scribbles that I have found but have forgotten who they belong to by the time I get to put them in the software!
Oh for better organised files etc!
Carol
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Thomas, Williams,Owen (s),Griffith (s), Jones - Anglesey
Burns, Wallace - Northumberland, Ireland, Scotland
Horsburgh, Sandilands, Blackhall, Rankine, Rankin, Hilson, Nielson - Scotland
Turnbull, Mills, Burgoyne, Burgon - Northumberland,
Davidson - Scotland, India, Burma
Lopez - India, Burma
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KathMc
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I always love this topic because I am actually organized. Not with the rest of my life, though. I have put my research into binders, based on surnames. And within the binders, I have dividers for census, certificates, correspondence, history, photos, whatever each surname needs. I used to have everything in drop files, but had a hard time keeping those organized. If I needed something from it, I would have to search through sometimes huge files. I have ten binders so far with about 6 more to do. There are a few names where I don't expect to get much information (like on my illegitimate gg grandmother's family) and in those cases I would put what little I have in the relevant binder. So, information on my illegit gg grandmother Sarah Scott, will go in the binder with her husband James Hayes.
The binders are also easy to transport. We are off to a family party in a few weeks and I will be briging along a bunch of my binders to share with 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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I start trying to do things logically, storing all documents of a certain type together then storing a neat little list of what I've got in Excel complete with little reference numbers so I know exactly which sheet is which.
