Spring cleaning my family tree,

[Eilleen]

Hi  to all 
Disided I neaded a break from sorting through my paper trail of family branches 
I have a week off work, was going to do some decorating, but File's and paper's got in the way, 
nothing for it but to have a sort out  so, 8 hrs later, and half a wheelie bin full of recycling paper , my family tree or should I say forest , has been cut back, 
I noticed I had lot's of copies of the same thing's. also item's that were really interesting that I had completly forgotten about 
the thing that really amazed me was , I did not get side tracked  which is what happened to me in the past when I decided to have a sort through.
So I now believe I will sleep easier knowing my family has been spring cleaned.
also , I have load's more room to clutter up again 

Eilleen.

[KathMc]

Congrats on the cleanup. I have done this once or twice and have been amazed at what I have found, forgotten about, etc. Enjoy it while it lasts, though. Mine didn't, and I am swamped again. 

Kath

[Eilleen]

Kath,
 I know what you mean , allready started another little pile 

Eilleen

[KathMc]

 

[familyman1]

i think i'm gonna have to give my family history a break,due to a family crisis

[Wendy.M]

I did similarly Eileen,such a paper waste, (although I used  both sides)  I now put notes or Copy & Paste to 'note-pad' then onto disc. sooooooooo tidy. Fits lots of 'stuff' !

cheers Wendy M.

[tarnee]

Hi,

l have just spent my whole day cleaning up papers had them in an expanding file, finally got them into family files. l also had double ups and found things l had forgot even a big mistake on one family.

So after all this l  found this thread and really glad l was not the only one with mountains of paper, made me feel much better.

Jean

[BevL]

It's OK with springcleaning. It's just the never ending families you come across.  You know the feeling - 'I really should keep this one, it might be needed, after all, it's the same name, same time, same county and could be connected somewhere along the line and if I get rid of it, I can't remember how I found it anyhow!
I will do a spring clean as well, but I must remember the note-pad thingy as well.
Bev

[Lydart]

I'm messy.  No doubt about it.  I've got two of those huge plastic tubs with clip on lids under my bed.  Both full of bits of paper, note-books, photo's of 'unknowns'.  I tried the note-pad/disc thing, but a piece of paper with something underlined with red high-lighter is so much more immediate than looking through computer files.    So I use both, but the muddled bits of paper suit me best !