How do other members file there families? I'm adding the children to their parents, but what do you do with the children of their children? I seem to be getting in a muddle,

Are we talking here about hard copy filing of certificates, print-outs of census pages and photocopies from microfilm etc? If so, it is a very good question, because over the years (or decades in my case) one does tend to accumulate a mountain of paper. I have a strong cardboard pocket wallet folder for each direct ancestor (i.e. someone with the word "parent" in their relationship name). The subordinate families have plastic folders stored within these. To offer a concrete example, I have a folder for my 3x great grandfather named "George HOWARD/Elizabeth TANNER". This contains information related to George and Elizabeth, as well as 6 plastic folders - one for each of 6 of their 7 children. These plastic folders store material going on down through the generations. The seventh child, Emma HOWARD, is my 2x great grandmother and therefore gets her own cardboard wallet named "William BRADFORD/Emma HOWARD". This system works well enough for me, as a way of storing hard copy, but it is, of course, only an adjunct to my FH software (I use Roots Magic). Caroline > How do other members file there families? > I'm adding the children to their parents, but what do you do with the > children of their children? > I seem to be getting in a muddle,

David Don't know whether you use any family tree software, but if you do have a look here http://www.fileyourpapers.com/index.html Andy Claxton -----Original Message----- From: David Chambers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 August 2011 06:41 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] file Families How do other members file there families? I'm adding the children to their parents, but what do you do with the children of their children? I seem to be getting in a muddle,