Amy
When I was in the guild of One Namee Studies (was also on the executive committee with portfolio for seminars) I had all my info in seperate excell files
1. GRO Births, 2 GRO Marriages, 3. GRO Deaths, 4 Boyds marriage index, 5. etc, etc
These files were so arranged that they could be merged together to form 1 big master file that listed everybody and everything in date order - this was great for finding and following families - every bit of data was entered and the source was also covered.
It was arranged like this:-
1. Ref No - (each person has own reference code)
2. File No - (number in my Family History File)
3. Surname
4. Forename
5. Event (Birth, Marriage, death etc) - if death also included age
6. Spouse - (full name)
7. Mother - (usually forename only)
8. Father - (usually forename only)
9. Date - (of the event)
10. Church - (of event)
11. Town - (of event)
12. County - (of event)
13. Source - where the info came from - 1881 census, GRO Register, etc)
14. Reference - (page or book number)
15. Notes - (anything else you want to add)
This normally covered every bit of information - anything strange was added into notes - was great to sort the data to own requirements
Not every field was filled in with each entry - but that was the basic layout
Hope that helps
Chris in 1066Land