As the new year approaches, I’ve been assessing my research habits. I’m always striving to improve on my methods, organization skills, and research habits. I’ve been working diligently on my project to input all my old documentation. It’s slow going–but it’s going! I had hoped to have it completed by the end of this year,…
Category: Organizing Documents
I’ve Slayed My Source Dragon
I’m sure many of you have heard me lament about my problems with entering sources into genealogy software. It is something that has literally driven me nuts over the last couple of years. Here’s some background. It might be something that many of you can relate to. When I first started working on my family…
Binders or Folders?
[I am working backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is my entry for week #29…Organizational Tools. Here’s one of the things I learned from genealogy. Everyone has a method for organization that is the WAY THAT THINGS MUST BE DONE. …
Computer File Organizing Project Update
A few months back, I blogged about the mess that I had made of my digitized documents on my computer. I have hundreds if not thousands of records in file folders. But, I’m not sure what’s been input, what’s been source, or if they are even in the right folder. I decided it was time…
This Is Why I Never Get Anything Accomplished
This week as part of my organizing and verifying genealogy document project I started on the McSwegan folder on my computer. I got several things input which was awesome. Then I hit a mystery. I found a child noted as nephew in the 1900 Census for Charles McSwegan. Very few people in this line were…