I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year. One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well organized. My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques other researcher use for this information so it is independent of the email program? Organized so the information can be easily found. What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.

Keith nuttle wrote: > I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year. > One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have > downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well organized. > > My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques > other researcher use for this information so it is > > independent of the email program? > > Organized so the information can be easily found. > > > What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc. Copy'n'paste emails including headers, into (a) the right person's NOTES in your genie program or (b) a word/wp document and save it in any format you think you'll be able to read in 10 years. _I_ prefer (a); others prefer (b). I also tend to print off really important stuff and put it in a file-folder in the metal 4-drawer file cabinet. FWIW, YMMV, etc etc Cheryl