I have used a simple system for organizing my genealogy for many years. I have 3 notebooks, divided alphabetically by the last 3 consonants of the surname and a number. In these I put copies of my source material, photocopies of information from books, etc., in plastic sleeves. I have a separate notebook for documents (primary records, birth, marriage, death certificates, etc.) again in plastic sleeves labeled with surname and #'s. My family group sheets are filed in a notebook under the pedigree charts. I have an index with columns labeled surnames, first name, spouse, place of birth, place of death, birth & death dates and chart #'s. This makes it easy to find individual family group sheets. The columned index was made using an old Microsoft program, but now can be made using Microsoft Excell. I also have a 2 drawer file cabinet for general information-i.e files labeled forms, libraries & archives, individual states, census, immigration and naturalization, related families, family associations, research logs, maps, etc. Also many different files on information about the computer. I also have a correspondence notebook (not used much now) but contains letters and replies numbered and filed under surnames. M. Nill
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