1d. TIPS FROM READERS. Organizing Genealogy Files on the Computer By Bonnie Kohler [email protected] In addition to my genealogy software, I have a folder named GENEALOGY set up in My Documents. Since My Documents opens up by default when I go to save something, the GENEALOGY folder is easy to locate. Some of the things that I save to my GENEALOGY folder are e-mail, data that I have copied off of the Web, and census indexes and images. Within my GENEALOGY folder, there are folders for every surname that I research. Within a surname folder, I have subfolders that contain a year's worth of my correspondence. In addition, if I receive a lot of correspondence from one person, I have a subfolder with that person's name on it. The subfolders keep me from having to browse myriad files when I search for a particular file. Here is an example of my HOOPPELL surname file: GENEALOGY/Hooppell/2001/2002/2003/Mabel correspondence. ......................... Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 6, No. 42, 15 October 2003.