Although I file by MRIN, the question is still applicable. I put all records for a person in their MRIN folder (and under their MRIN in paper filing) regardless of whether it's before a marriage or after. Except, for instance, where they're in a census record as a child. All census records are filed under head of household.
I could just as well do it the other way except then I'd have to wonder which record belongs after marriage and which before and that gives me one more thing to trip over on my way to finding it. I don't think it really matters. It's your filing system and as long as you're consistent with your 'rules', then you know where to find things. Documents for unmarried children are filed with their parents. Because I digitize everything I rarely reference my paper files. I also annotate all records with keywords (people's names), locations, etc., so I can pull all records for anyone from everywhere through a simple search. Consequently it wouldn't matter if I threw all files in one huge folder or anywhere at random. Except for other reasons I have for not doing it that way. Video: MRIN Filing System http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/video/mrin-filing-system/ --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 9/11/2012 11:08 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: > I file my papers by family (I believe it's the system by Mills?), and > have a question for those of you who do likewise. I don't wish to change > how I file the papers, because I do my research by family. > > For a daughter, I have been filing all her papers for events prior to > her marriage (e.g., her birth record) in her parent's folder. Then I > file all her papers for events after her marriage (including after her > husband's death, where applicable) in her marriage folder. I haven't run > into a case in my lineage where the widow has remarried, but I would put > her papers, beginning with that marriage record, in a new folder for the > second marriage. > > For a son, I had not been doing likewise... or at least I was not > consistent. Most times, I put all his papers (including birth record) in > his marriage folder, but discovered I had not done so on my current > research project; I had filed the birth register in his parents' folder. > > Further, for most collateral lines (which up until recently I have not > been researching), I leave all the other children's papers in the > parents' folder. > > So, my question is this: Where do YOU file the papers for life events > prior to marriage? In the parents' folder? Or in their own folder? > Follow-up questions: Do you treat sons and daughters the same? Do you > treat grown, unmarried children the same? > > Thanks in advance for your thoughtful replies, > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton > Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis > Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind > Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner > Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan > Weller Williams > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5262 - Release Date: 09/11/12 > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
