Organizing Favorite Websites by Midge Waters Ancestry Quick Tip I keep my favorite websites handy, but as a retired librarian, my instinct was to use 3x5 cards in a file, so that I could sort the cards anyway I wanted. Since I research in several countries, and assist with workshops for those areas, I sort by location (Norway, Sweden, etc.), and then alphabetically. Using library rules for filing works fine. In order to find a certain kind of website easily, I use a marker to color a short bit on the top edge of the card. For instance, if it is for a dictionary, lexicon, or translation, I use a red marker. For maps, and other geographic locators, a blue marker, and so forth. Other subjects that I highlight in this way are obituaries, cemetery, funeral topics, genealogical forms, programs, systems, emigration and passenger lists, bulletin boards and newsletters that I need to check frequently, and also travel and cultural sites. Websites that don't fit into my foreign categories are kept in a separate shoebox, by subject and then alphabetically. I find this system very useful for me, since I also like to keep some notes on the reverse of the cards. By dating my last check of a site, I know how far back in the archives I must look, etc. Keeping track of your findings at each site prevents you from covering the same territory again and again. [Reprinted with prior permission of Juliana Smith, Editor of Ancestry Daily News]