Hi, When I first obtained some wills for my Bawtree ONS I just popped them into a card envelope file but as I acquired more thought it would be better to put them behind the family to which they belonged in my main file. Now I have decided I have more Samuel Bawtrees on my database/Family Tree Maker than actually existed, that quite a number had been widowed and remarried and I've been spending time having to go through all the families that I believe include a Samuel Bawtree to work out which children belong to each one according to their wills - and getting diverted, having just spent over half an hour reading the extensive will of an only daughter/child who didn't seem to have any close living relatives. Think I should remove these wills so they are easier to find on the rare occasions I wish to recheck the information contained within them. So how do other members retain their 'original' copies? If kept in a separate file, how are they arranged, to be quickly found? From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: [email protected] GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst.

I do the same as I do about all my sources: convert them to digital files, give them a unique reference number, then key that reference number back to my person or persons. Where you store the physical sources (wills or whatever) is immaterial, but ideally just filed sequentially by the reference number. So you can link either way: if you look at a person’s file and see a source called W037, you can go right to Will #037 (either the digital or the physical copy in folder/envelope #037); if you pull up a specific will (reference W038) you can search for all persons linked to that source. In my home software (Reunion, for Mac computers) every source shows every person linked to that source, making that part quite easy.. Scott Shenton (GOONS 5292) Indialantic, Florida, USA Shenton one name study http://shenton.tribalpages.com > On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Merryl Wells via <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, When I first obtained some wills for my Bawtree ONS I just popped them > into a card envelope file but as I acquired more thought it would be > better to put them behind the family to which they belonged in my main file. > Now I have decided I have more Samuel Bawtrees on my database/Family Tree > Maker than actually existed, that quite a number had been widowed and > remarried and I've been spending time having to go through all the families > that I believe include a Samuel Bawtree to work out which children belong to > each > one according to their wills - and getting diverted, having just spent over > half an hour reading the extensive will of an only daughter/child who didn't > seem to > have any close living relatives. > > Think I should remove these wills so they are easier to find on the rare > occasions I wish to recheck the information contained within them. > > So how do other members retain their 'original' copies? If kept in a > separate file, how are they arranged, to be quickly found? > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: [email protected] > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Merryl, I simply file my Wills & Admons by year proved. I have a separate index of testators and people mentioned, plus any property/addresses. Ken On 26 March 2016 at 22:25, Scott Shenton via <[email protected]> wrote: > I do the same as I do about all my sources: convert them to digital files, give them a unique reference number, then key that reference number back to my person or persons. Where you store the physical sources (wills or whatever) is immaterial, but ideally just filed sequentially by the reference number. So you can link either way: if you look at a person’s file and see a source called W037, you can go right to Will #037 (either the digital or the physical copy in folder/envelope #037); if you pull up a specific will (reference W038) you can search for all persons linked to that source. In my home software (Reunion, for Mac computers) every source shows every person linked to that source, making that part quite easy.. > > Scott Shenton (GOONS 5292) > Indialantic, Florida, USA > Shenton one name study http://shenton.tribalpages.com > > > > >> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Merryl Wells via <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, When I first obtained some wills for my Bawtree ONS I just popped them >> into a card envelope file but as I acquired more thought it would be >> better to put them behind the family to which they belonged in my main file. >> Now I have decided I have more Samuel Bawtrees on my database/Family Tree >> Maker than actually existed, that quite a number had been widowed and >> remarried and I've been spending time having to go through all the families >> that I believe include a Samuel Bawtree to work out which children belong to >> each >> one according to their wills - and getting diverted, having just spent over >> half an hour reading the extensive will of an only daughter/child who didn't >> seem to >> have any close living relatives. >> >> Think I should remove these wills so they are easier to find on the rare >> occasions I wish to recheck the information contained within them. >> >> So how do other members retain their 'original' copies? If kept in a >> separate file, how are they arranged, to be quickly found? >> >> From >> Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message