Hi, Beth wrote <Some time ago there was a discussion on organization. Cathy told us about a software program called PaperMaster, which is what I am saving for. I went to their web site and fooled with it. Your screen looks like a file cabinet, with drawers that you can mark for each family line...or bills and taxes that stuff if you need it. When you "open" the drawer it has pictures of file folders just like a file cabinet in a office. You can make a drawer for computer information, email, general genealogy information and so on. I haven't purchased it yet, but it does look like a good way to go.> This is the basic concept behind the Mac computer. The screen is your desktop with folders for whatever you want and you can put folders within folders. It is so easy! I have a genealogy folder with subfolders for each line I'm working on and for all the different genealogy related topics like social security forms, cemeteries, census info, migration patterns, etc. It really works well on the computer. Unfortunately, where I fall down is in filing the actual paperwork. I start the filing system but end up with piles until I get on a cleaning up the computer room jag. Been waiting for another one for quite a while now. <g> I have notebooks for each family's family group sheets. I keep the documents in a notebook by family. I use the plastic page holders for the documents. As I'm accumulating more paper, I am thinking about just putting them in file folders by type of document (Ex. census) and by family. This is my weak spot. I guess one problem is that it is more fun to play on the computer than to do the actual filing. Maybe I need to print out a list of the subfolders in my genealogy folder and use that as a guide for filing the actual papers. How do the rest of you deal with the paper? Edith