Genealogical Document Organization: Paper Files to Computer Files, by William Dollarhide, Featuring Organizing Your Electronic Genealogical Documents, by Leland K. Meitzler; BUNDLE: Printed Booklet & PDF eBook, 44 pages, Publ. 2023, Family Roots Publishing Co., Orting WA, Item # FR0428+PDF.
Contents:
Preface – Part 1
Preface – Part 2
Organizing the Paper Files
- Turn One Pile into Three Piles
1. Notes and Documents 9
2. Compiled Sheets 11
3. Research Aids 11
- Separate the Notes and Documents
- Problems Filing Notes and Documents
- Three Types of People (Ancestors, Collaterals, Suspicious)
- Solving the Paper Collecting Problem
- Rules for Saving Notes & Documents
1. Control the Sheet Size
2. Separate by Surname
3. Separate Surname Sheets by the Place of Origin
4. Give Every Sheet a Page Number
- Back to the Pile of Paper
- Retrieving Notes and Compiling Family Sheets
- Preparing a List for a Family Sheet
- Example of a List of Sources (Back of Family Sheet)
- Other Indexing Options
Paper Files to Computer Files
- Tracking Genealogical Events
- Genealogical Event Database (GED)
- Example of GED Designed for Computers
- Let the Computer Do the Work
= Paper Filing to a Computer Filing System
Organizing Your Genealogical Electronic Documents
- What You Will Need Besides Your Computer
- Electronic Filing
- Surname Folders, Country Folders & Family Folders
- What Constitutes Your Family?
- Family Folder
- Contents Sheet
- What About Photos?
- Mylio Photos
