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From: Eve Weeks <>
Subject: Re: Ways of Organizing
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 10:41:26 -0400


I've been working on my in=laws families and found that if I enter the
family group info into my computer genealogy program (and put the
contributor's name & address, with a note that this was their address in
1997, in the notes section) when I receive the info, then I can file the
info in a folder specifically for the parents of a particular family group.
I file the folders alphabetically, surname first, then by the husband's
name. This way, all info on that particular family goes into that folder -
including copies of pictures, deed records, wills, etc.

Be sure the contributor's name or source of info is on each sheet, tho, so
someone else can verify this source later on down the road. Nothing's more
frustrating that to have the piece you need to prove a relationship in your
hand, but can't identify where it came from and whether it was a primary
source or just hearsay. This is a lot of extra work, but can pay off in the
long run.

Have fun!
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> From: Janet Reinhold <>
> To:
> Subject: Ways of Organizing
> Date: Sunday, September 14, 1997 2:30 AM
>
> [for Surname Newsletters] How does everyone else organize subscribers
along
> with their respective family groups?
> I was using a "binder method" in which I placed, alphabetically, the
> subscriber or contributor's items into sheet protectors. Some would have
> several protectors. This is becoming unwieldy and I am changing to the
file
> folder method. I imagine, when I can find where a certain person
"belongs"
> [with which family] I can place a number of the line or some such
> designation on the file folder itself. Does anyone file by families
rather
> than alphabetically? What works for you?
> Again, thanks!
>
> Janet Reinhold
> PO Box 4001
> Covina CA 91723
> Family genealogy at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8878
> Editor for the Kunkel Kunkle Conkle Gunkel "Spindle" Family Genealogy
> Newsletter at http://www.flash.net/~conkle/INDEX.HTM
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