Mary, I feel for you. I think some of us are born multi-taskers and some are not. I frequently work on 20+ Navy cases and one or more probate cases all at the same time. I don't try to keep it all in my head. Instead, I make use of the genealogy software, research logs, my personal notes, and source citations so that I can come back to the same place each time. best regards, Dee Dee King -- Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch Co-Director, Forensic Genealogy Institute http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 www.forensicgenealogyservices.com/NavyCasualty.html www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, conferred to associates who consistently meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.

Dee, I think you hit the most important piece of advice that we can give Mary---don't try to keep it in your head. We don't keep our sources in our head---we write them down. We don't keep our conclusions in our head---we write them down. We don't even keep our grocery lists in our head---we write them down. I read David Allen's book *Getting Things Done* and now have a running list of everything. If an item needs several steps, there is a secondary list WRITTEN DOWN. Getting it out of our head is the point. It kind of unclutters the mind and you don't have to worry about forgetting. Even that 'Aha' you had in the shower. Rondina _______________________ Rondina P. Muncy Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 rondina.muncy@gmail.com www.ancestralanalysis.com On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist < king@forensicgenealogyservices.com> wrote: > Mary, I feel for you. I think some of us are born multi-taskers and some > are not. I frequently work on 20+ Navy cases and one or more probate cases > all at the same time. > > I don't try to keep it all in my head. Instead, I make use of the > genealogy software, research logs, my personal notes, and source citations > so that I can come back to the same place each time. > > best regards, > > Dee Dee King > > > -- > Dee Dee King, Certified Genealogist (sm), Certificate 903 > Contract Genealogist, US Navy Casualty POW/MIA Branch > Co-Director, Forensic Genealogy Institute > http://www.forensicgenealogists.com/forensic-genealogy-institute.html > Mail address - PO Box 1085, Manvel TX 77578 > Telephone/fax 281-595-3090 > www.forensicgenealogyservices.com/NavyCasualty.html > www.facebook.com/forensicgenealogist > > Certified Genealogist (CG) is a service mark (sm) of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists®, conferred to associates who consistently > meet ethical and competency standards in accord with peer-reviewed > evaluations every five years, and the board name is registered in the US > Patent & Trademark Office. > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message