ME THREE!!!!!!! (My genealogy is starting to take over my house!!!!) :-) Hey Char, should you and I give it a go? ;-) They say that those who teach learn the most! LOL! Mary Charlotte Kibbie wrote: > Hi Shirley, (and others)- > I am in the process of finally physically organizing all my family > history collection(30+ years worth). I know where things are but no one else > would be able to retrieve specific items. Over the years I have lost items > that I have loaned and never had returned. Now I am much more careful, even > with things that are replacable. > I have my system for research and documents for my mother's traditional > side of the family but am still looking for a better way to organize > patronymic records, photos and memorabilia. I am weeding through my hard > copy file and "discarding" (they're still in my database and backups) the > generations of peripheral lines that have not tied in. I am not buying more > file cabinets just to hold stuff I do not use. I want the family history to > be a blessing and not a curse that will cause frustration and discouragement > and get tossed when I go. > This is a project I have thought about for a long time (yes, years!) but > just started earlier this month, Oct. 2000, devoting 30-60 min. each day to > working on it. And all that shows is a little dent. The sign in my work area > still applies - "Please don't mess with my mess". > Yes, I'd be interested in this group/ or discussion. > -Char Kibbie > > -----Original Message----- > From: SATMM@aol.com <SATMM@aol.com> > To: WA-SKGS-L@rootsweb.com <WA-SKGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:53 AM > Subject: Re: [WASKCGS-L] SKCGS Interest Groups > > >Hi Phyllis, This is a subject I'd like to hear addressed. I am first > >generation American and the genealogist for the entire family. We know who > >every individual is and where they are located. I am returning to (what's > >now Romania) to gather more documents and memorabilia from the church, my > >living aunt, and our peoples homes whose house numbers are on the church > >records and are still standing, frozen in time. > > > > I now have many boxes of documents, photos, emails, memorabilia including > >important historical artifacts. A piece of tile from the roof of my gr. > >grandfathers church in Frauendorf Transylvania; an official military > booklet > >documenting my uncles route locations through W.W.I in the German Army as > >they fought the Russian Army and similar items. > > > >I am now being invited to yearly family reunions and picnics in Montana and > >Oregon. I feel like I have a mini museum which could be a traveling event > >when I go. It's a huge cataloging job which I am willing to do. At his > >point, I'm focusing on the hundreds of photos, recent and vintage. Of > >course many family members want copies. > > > >I think I should be keeping a log of everything I do because various family > >members begin emailing me with additional information about a specific > person > >(usually dead) and I'm pulled from one person to another and forget who or > >what I was working on before. I would like to hear an ongoing discussion > >about practical ways of organizing a huge collection of things and > >information (and misinformation). I can't believe I'm the only genealogist > >that gets overwhelmed with how to organize an out of control project. > > > >Thanks for any consideration of this dilemma. Shirley Taylor > >