Binders and folders are necessary for genealogy, aren’t they? You have to print your family group sheets and save them somewhere…don’t you? What if I told you I was seriously considering reducing my genealogy binders so that they only hold copies of documents? What if I took it one step further and got rid of…
Category: Organizing Documents
Things I Learned Cleaning Up My Digital Files: File Folder Structure
I’ve posted at great length about the massive project I worked on for about two years organizing the genealogy documents on my computer. While cleaning up this huge mess that I, and I alone created, I learned several things. I’m passing on what I learned as it might help someone else in the same predicament…
I have conquered my mountain!
You may recall a year or so ago, I wrote a post about organizing the documents on my computer. This was a monumental effort. There were over 200 folders with multiple folders within. I have no clue how many documents there were. I think it would have scared me if I knew! I started the…
SNGF: My Genealogy Fun involves Evernote
Randy has put up his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for this week. I’m supposed to write about what genealogy fun I had this week. I wish I could say I went on some wonderful field trip…but I didn’t. My genealogy fun involves Evernote. Last week, I went back to working in the French Civil Records. …
Falling in love with Evernote
Until I rooted my Nook Color, I didn’t really give much thought to the conversations and blog posted swirling around me about Evernote. I couldn’t really see what the hubbub was about. Then, last week, I rooted my NC (meaning, I got a memory card that makes it a fully functioning Android tablet). I noticed…