Hello all. Happy New Year.  I have the feeling that my genealogy files need to be better organized so I am looking for ways that have and are working for others. Mine are in 2 file drawers. They are just in folders by family line and I have sorted by record - censuses, birth certs, death records, etc (but that breaks down when I get a new record because it tends to get files in the front of the folder). I am sure I have some duplications that I need to sort out and get rid of. It always takes me a minute to find anything so I am wondering if anyone has a better way.   Thank you, Sandy 

Sandy: I went paperless about 10 years ago. Purchased a cheap $50 scanner. I have a genealogy directory and under that a separate folder for each surname, one for maps, wills, will transcripts, obituaries and others. As soon as I get a new document it gets scanned and placed in an acid free clear folder and put into a 3 ring binder and never touched again. Larry On 1/3/2014 10:18 AM, Sandy Passman wrote: > Hello all. Happy New Year. > > I have the feeling that my > genealogy files need to be better organized so I am looking for ways that have and are working for others. Mine are in 2 file drawers. They are just in folders by family line and I have sorted by record - censuses, birth certs, death records, etc (but that breaks down when I get a new record because it tends to get files in the front of the folder). I am sure I have some duplications that I need to sort out and get rid of. It always takes me a minute to find anything so I am wondering if anyone has a better way. > Thank you, > Sandy > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/

Larry, What do you do with original over sized documents that do not fit in a 3 ring binder? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Larry Thompson <lt0168@epix.net> wrote: > Sandy: > I went paperless about 10 years ago. Purchased a cheap $50 scanner. I > have a genealogy directory and under that a separate folder for each > surname, one for maps, wills, will transcripts, obituaries and others. > As soon as I get a new document it gets scanned and placed in an acid > free clear folder and put into a 3 ring binder and never touched again. > > Larry > > On 1/3/2014 10:18 AM, Sandy Passman wrote: > > Hello all. Happy New Year. > > > > I have the feeling that my > > genealogy files need to be better organized so I am looking for ways > that have and are working for others. Mine are in 2 file drawers. They are > just in folders by family line and I have sorted by record - censuses, > birth certs, death records, etc (but that breaks down when I get a new > record because it tends to get files in the front of the folder). I am sure > I have some duplications that I need to sort out and get rid of. It always > takes me a minute to find anything so I am wondering if anyone has a better > way. > > Thank you, > > Sandy > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > My genealogy page > http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ > Allegheny County Maps page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.